Tag Archives: billy chapel
Padre Steve’s Favorite Baseball Movies
I love all things baseball as my regular readers can tell you. In fact God speaks to me through baseball, even baseball movies when I cannot get to a ball park. Of course as most readers know I am also … Continue reading
Filed under Baseball, film, sports and life
Highs and Lows: Baseball versus Alzheimer’s and Mass Murder at Fort Hood
Field of Dreams This has been a weird week. There was some great baseball in the World Series and I even nailed the prediction for it. Just take a look back if you don’t believe me. I have never gone … Continue reading
Filed under alzheimer's disease, Baseball, PTSD, traumatic national events
For the Love of the Game and the Love of Life; Finding Meaning Life and Love in the Perfect Game
Kevin Costner as Billy Chapel One of my favorite movies is the baseball story For the Love of the Game which starred Kevin Costner. This is the film rendition of Michael Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Perfect Game. Both … Continue reading
Crash Davis, Billy Chapel and Padre Steve: Being old but still part of the Game
Nuke and Crash I’ve always related to the characters in Kevin Costner’s baseball films, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams and For the Love of the Game. The main characters in each of the films touch me each in different way … Continue reading
Filed under Baseball, leadership, philosophy
Finishing Well-For the Love of the Game (The Perfect Game)
One of my favorite movies is the baseball story For the Love of the Game which starred Kevin Costner. This is the film rendition of Michael Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Perfect Game. Both the book and the movie … Continue reading
Filed under Baseball, Loose thoughts and musings, Religion
