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December 5, 2011

Padre Steve Loves the MLB Winter Meetings now More than Ever, Ron Santo Elected to Hall of Fame and Happy “Repeal Day!”

The Big Prizes at the Winter Meetings: Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder (Photo Jeff Curry/US Presswire) “You win pennants in the off season when you build your teams with trades and free agents.” Earl Weaver Yes my friends it is … Continue reading →

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Tagged as 18th amendment, 21st amendment, albert pujols, baltimore Orioles, baseball hall of fame, c j wilson, earl weaver, franklin delano roosevelt, heath bell, jose reyes, Josephus Daniels, manny ramirez, mark buehrle, miami marlins, organized crime, prince fielder, prohibition, repeal day, repeal of prohibition, ron santo, san francisco giants, twitter, values voters, wayne county wv

September 21, 2011

Spoilers: Lowly Orioles Make for an Exciting AL Wild Card Race

Orioles outfielders Nick Markakis, Matt Angle and Adam Jones celebrate after taking 3 of 4 at Fenway from the Red Sox (AP Photo) The Baltimore Orioles will chalk up yet another losing season after beginning with it high hopes. However … Continue reading →

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Tagged as adam jones, al wild card, baltimore Orioles, Baseball, boston red sox, david ortiz, earl weaver, florida marlins, matt angle, mlb wild card, new york yankees, nick markakis, tampa bay rays

September 4, 2011

The Myth of Excitement in the NFL: It’s Really about Violence and Meetings not Action

“Football combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings.” George Will I am always amazed when I hear football diehards knocking baseball for supposedly being “boring” or “slow.” Allegedly according to the football enthusiasts … Continue reading →

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Filed under Baseball, football, sports and life

Tagged as amount of time spent playing in football, average length of football career, Baseball, church of baseball, dallas cowboys, derek kennard, earl weaver, football, george will, howard cosell, nfl, nfl films, super bowl, teamwork, virtues in football

July 26, 2011

Musings on a DC Monday Night: I’ll have a Beer and watch Baseball thank you

I had a wonderful first day of my conference at the George Washington University Institute for Spirituality and Health. The conference was thought provoking and made me realize once again that afterIraqI really don’t know a whole lotta anything about … Continue reading →

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Filed under beer, faith, healthcare, leadership, Pastoral Care, philosophy, Politics, Religion

Tagged as bankers, bar tenders, blazing saddles, brokers, cnn, congress, debt cieling, debt talks, democrats, dr house, dr john griffith, earl weaver, epsitle to the romans, federal budget, fox news, george washington university institute for spirituality and health, gordon biersch washington dc, gwu, intj, iraq, karl barth, lobbyists, mongo, mustard gas, myers-briggs, politicians, preachers, pundits, republicans, rock ridge, touchy feely, treasury, u s capitol, unfriendly cities, unholy trinity, washington dc, white house

July 12, 2011

Padre Steve’s First All-Star Game Memories

My dad taught me to love the game of Baseball and art of that love was the annual experience of watching the All-Star Game. I continue that tonight with the National League has just one by a score of 5-1. … Continue reading →

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Tagged as 1970 all star game, amos otis, anaheim stadium, Billy Grabarkewitz, boog powell, brooks robinson, California Angels, catfish hunter, cincinnati reds, clyde wright, curt gowdy, dick dietz, earl weaver, frank robinson, harmon killebrew, jim fregosi, Jim Hickman, jim spencer, Johnny Bench, mel stottlemyer, mickey mantle, my favorite angel contest, nbc game of the week, Pete Rose, ray fosse, riverfront stadium, Roberto Clemente, sandy alomar, the big a, tony kubek, Tony Perez, willie mays, willie mccovey

April 10, 2011

Changes of Plans: It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts

Dinner as a Guest of Brigadier General Sabah of 7th Iraqi Division Today I was planning on traveling about an hour from here up to Kinston to see the Kinston Indians play the Winston-Salem Dash. That did not happen as … Continue reading →

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Filed under Baseball, christian life, iraq,afghanistan, leadership, Military, Pastoral Care

Tagged as afghanistan, army chaplain corps, Baseball, bobby cox, bronze star, bull durham, chaplain corps, chaplain rich whaley, chaplains as non-combatants, colonel david abramowitz, colonel jim wigger, crash davis, earl weaver, ebby calvin laloosh, geneva convention, iraq, military awards, military chaplains, navy chaplain corps, nelson lebron, non-combatant status, nuke laloosh, operation desert storm, operation iraqi freedom, purple heart, stolen valor

April 9, 2011

The Gift My Dad Gave to Me: Baseball and the Mystery of Life

The Big A This post is an updated and edited version of an article that I published here in 2009. It is something that I come back to often because it deals with my dad and the influence that he … Continue reading →

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Tagged as 1972 A's, astrodome, baltimore Orioles, Baseball, billy hebert field, camden yards, earl weaver, ebbetts field, george will, grainger field, harbor park, kingdome, kinston indians, kinston nc, little league baseball, los angeles dodgers, norfolk tides, oakland athletics, Pete Rose, riverfront stadium, roger kahn, san francisco giants, seattle pilots, shoeless joe jackson, steriod era, stockton ports, the iowa baseball confederacy, the polo grounds, three rivers stadium, veterans stadium, vin scully, w p kinsella, yankee stadium

April 3, 2011

It’s all about Leadership: The Orioles Sweep the Rays to Open the Season

Orioles starting Pitcher Chris Tillman (shown in Norfolk 2010) pitched 6 no-hit inning against the Rays before being lifted when his pitch count went over 100 “Nobody likes to hear it, because it’s dull, but the reason you win or … Continue reading →

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Filed under Baseball, Batlimore Orioles, norfolk tides

Tagged as 1997 orioles, 2010 orioles, AL east, american league, baltimore Orioles, boston red sox, brian matusz, buck showalter, chris tillman, dave trembley, earl weaver, j.j. hardy, jeremy guthrie, jonathan papelbon, juan samuel, kevin gregg, mark reynolds, new york yankees, san francisco giants, tampa bay rays, texas rangers, zach britton

March 31, 2011

The Meaning of Opening Day

“No matter how good you are, you’re going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you’re going to win one-third of your games. It’s the other third that makes the difference.” Tommy Lasorda At long … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Baseball, earl weaver, ernie harwell, opening day 2011, san francisco giants, texas rangers, tommy lasorda, world series

June 28, 2010

A Ball Game with Saint Pete

A week after I met Jesus and the team at 7-11 I found out that I was selected to be promoted to the rank of Commander in the Navy Chaplain Corps. While still in amazed wonderment about that meeting and … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: earl weaver

Padre Steve Loves the MLB Winter Meetings now More than Ever, Ron Santo Elected to Hall of Fame and Happy “Repeal Day!”

Spoilers: Lowly Orioles Make for an Exciting AL Wild Card Race

The Myth of Excitement in the NFL: It’s Really about Violence and Meetings not Action

Musings on a DC Monday Night: I’ll have a Beer and watch Baseball thank you

Padre Steve’s First All-Star Game Memories

Changes of Plans: It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts

The Gift My Dad Gave to Me: Baseball and the Mystery of Life

It’s all about Leadership: The Orioles Sweep the Rays to Open the Season

The Meaning of Opening Day

A Ball Game with Saint Pete

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