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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
Opening Day 2011: How Baseball Helps Padre Steve Make 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
Filed under Baseball, faith, norfolk tides, philosophy, PTSD
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
34 Hours: Reflections on Family, Service and Baseball amid Life and Death
John Lackey and the Angels fought back to Send the ALCS back to New York defeating the Yankess 7-6 in Anaheim Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images I’m a bit reflective today after a long on-call duty in the medical center … Continue reading
Filed under alzheimer's disease, Baseball
Minor League Road Trips
Grainger Stadium Kinston NC “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 … Continue reading
Baseball in Between Life and Death in the ICU
I have had a number of patients in my ICUs who are or in the case of some who have passed away avid baseball fans. Likewise there are a number of physicians and nurses who are avid fans of the … Continue reading
Filed under Baseball, healthcare, Religion
