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February 11, 2012

Spring Training Begins: A’s and Mariners Start Camp Today

That’s the true harbinger of spring, not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of a bat on a ball. ~Bill Veeck, 1976 It is still winter but life is beginning to return. Spring training begins today…well early … Continue reading →

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Tagged as baltimore Orioles, Baseball, bill spaceman lee, bill veeck, field of dreams, james earl jones, jim miller, oakland athletics, seattle mariners, spring training, walt whitman

August 31, 2011

A Walk off in Kinston amid Irene’s Destruction

I went to Kinston last night to see the Kinston Indians during their final home stand of their 25 years in this historic Eastern North Carolina town. Next year the Indians will move to Zebulon NorthCarolinawhere they will be called … Continue reading →

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Tagged as carolina league, carolina mudcats, corporate america, eastern north carolina, economic social darwinism, economy, field of dreams, frederick keys, grainger stadium, hurricane irene, irene damage, irene power outages, james earl jones, kevin costner, kinston indians, kinston nc, lynchburg hillcats, outsourcing, ray kinsella, social darwinism, terrance mann, textile industry, zebulon nc

March 27, 2011

No I will Not Grow Up: Some thoughts on my 51st Birthday

“It takes a long time to grow young.” Pablo Picasso “I want to thank you for making this day necessary” Yogi Berra Today is yet another anniversary of being forcibly evicted from my mother’s womb where I had taken a … Continue reading →

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Tagged as abraham lincoln, birthdays, faith, faith and youth, field of dreams, friendship, growing old, hawkeye pierce, james earl jones, joyful life, kevin costner, molly, over the hedge, st francis of assisi, staying young, the anti-chaps, uss hue city, von moltke, will rogers

March 22, 2011

Putting the World back in Order: Baseball Movies Tonight

“Baseball is reassuring. It makes me feel as if the world is not going to blow up.” Sharon Olds “Don’t tell me about the world. Not today. It’s springtime and they’re knocking baseball around fields where the grass is damp … Continue reading →

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Tagged as 2012 doomsayers, 24 hour news cycle, Baseball, chicago cubs, church of baseball, cultural differences, difficult times, field of dreams, great depression, harbor park, hope, james earl jones, japan earthquake, japan tsunami, japanese baseball, kevin costner, libya war, loss of faith, mayan calendar 2012, mr baseball, pete hamill, political division, radio talk show hosts, ray kinsella, recovering faith, redemption, right and left wing extremism, sharon olds, terrance mann, the boys of summer, tom selleck, walt whitman, world series, world wars

October 27, 2010

Thoughts on Baseball and the World Series in a Time of National Turmoil

“The one constant through all the years has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It’s been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is … Continue reading →

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October 2, 2010

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 →

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Tagged as Baseball, billy chapel, bull durham, charlie sheen, crash davis, field of dreams, for the love of the game, james earl jones, kevin costner, major league, ray kinsella, ricky vaughn, roy hobbs, shoeless joe, shoeless joe jackson, the natural, the perect game

May 10, 2010

Dallas Braden; Perfect Games and Memories of Home in Stockton California

Dallas Braden celebrating with teammates (Getty Images) On Sunday Dallas Braden of the Oakland A’s did what only eighteen men had done in the history of Major League Baseball, he pitched a perfect game. However there is more to this … Continue reading →

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April 12, 2010

Why Baseball Matters….There’s nothing bad that accrues from baseball

“Baseball is a habit. The slowly rising crescendo of each game, the rhythm of the long season–these are the essentials and they are remarkably unchanged over nearly a century and a half. Of how many American institutions can that be … Continue reading →

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April 9, 2010

How Baseball Helps Padre Steve Make Sense of the World

Opening Night 2010 at Harbor Park “This is my most special place in all the world, Ray. Once a place touches you like this, the wind never blows so cold again. You feel for it, like it was your child.” … Continue reading →

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October 15, 2009

My Life and Baseball: How Padre Steve Makes Some Sense of the World

The Church of Baseball, Harbor Park Parish “This is my most special place in all the world, Ray. Once a place touches you like this, the wind never blows so cold again. You feel for it, like it was your … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: james earl jones

Spring Training Begins: A’s and Mariners Start Camp Today

No I will Not Grow Up: Some thoughts on my 51st Birthday

Putting the World back in Order: Baseball Movies Tonight

Thoughts on Baseball and the World Series in a Time of National Turmoil

Padre Steve’s Favorite Baseball Movies

Dallas Braden; Perfect Games and Memories of Home in Stockton California

Why Baseball Matters….There’s nothing bad that accrues from baseball

How Baseball Helps Padre Steve Make Sense of the World

My Life and Baseball: How Padre Steve Makes Some Sense of the World

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