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Tag Archives: baseball
Baseball’s Cleveland Indians change name to… guess what….
Farewell Chief Wahoo. Today baseball’s Cleveland Indians changed their name. From 2022 they will be the … Guardians. Custodes. There’s that word again. Synchronicity. Clevelandensis custodes. It’s as if the Devil was telling us what he is up to.
Bob Gibson… Whitey Ford… RIP
Whitey Ford died today. It is the end of Sukkoth Bob Gibson died on 2 October, the beginning of Sukkoth. I’m looking forward to the end of 2020.
I am too angry for words. Wherein Fr. Z… grrrrrr
I am so angry I could spit. There are already so many problems with modern baseball… now this. Is the Novus Ordo age of baseball upon us? From Hot Air: Another bad idea from MLB: Intentional walks will now be … Read More
Mike Piazza – Baseball Hall of Fame Speech: “…the greatest gift a mother could give a child, the gift of my Catholic Faith.”
Famed-catholic Mike Piazza (AVG .308 HR427 RBI1335 OB% .377 Total Bases 3768 Slugging % .545) was inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame today. During his understandably emotional speech he thanked his mother for… “…the greatest gift a … Read More
Card. Dolan: “Where’s the Catholic Sandy Koufax?”
Because it is Spring (or close enough) and because in Spring all right-thinking souls turn their thoughts and hopes once again to that summa of sports, baseball, and because the Old English origin of the word “Lent”, lencten, means “Spring”, and … Read More
Posted in Cri de Coeur, Our Catholic Identity, POLLS
Tagged baseball, Card. Dolan, Eric Liddell, Good Friday, Sandy Koufax
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SUPER COOL: Baseball player who was a spy in WWII
Do you have a friend or loved one who is a baseball fan? A student of WWII? This book would make a great gift. A reader alerted me to this via email… one of the coolest things I have seen for a long … Read More
1947: Jackie Robinson
From History.com: Jackie Robinson breaks color barrier On this day in 1947, Jackie Robinson, age 28, becomes the first African-American player in Major League Baseball when he steps onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn to compete for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson … Read More
“Knock the cover off the ball!”
I was alerted to this by a Chicagoan friend, a long-suffering Cubs fan It shows how statistics don’t tell the whole story. From NRO: Not only did Garcia’s teammate, Jose Abreu, slug two home runs against the Indians on … Read More
Murder mystery space time continuum ham baseball fire fighter movie
Last night I watched a movie I hadn’t seen in years. I had a couple of good actors and used plot devices that I am into. The movie: Frequency (2000) Starring: Denis Quaid and James Caviezel Device: Aurora Borealis and … Read More
It ain’t a day game, but HEY HEY!
By complete coincidence I think it is social media day here at The Friendly Confines! Alas the EAMUS CATULI sign didn’t show up very well. UPDATE: Full moon rising! UPDATE: Cubs imploded, right on schedule. Then off to Chinese on … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, On the road, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged baseball, Wrigley Field
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