Whether they are baseball, another sport, a different hobby, or so on, we always need to be sure that our distractions aren’t taking us away from our important priorities, the most important of which is our Faith and living out our call.
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The Knights and baseball
Since their founding, the Knights of Columbus have had connections with baseball, especially with the New York Yankees. Fr. Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, was apparently a good baseball player.
Enjoying a ‘Day at the Duck Pond’
July 13, 2022, may go down as an historic day in the Diocese of Madison.
Knights of Columbus, Relevant Radio to host Mallard’s charity event
MADISON — Knights of Columbus (KofC) insurance agents Dennis O’Connell and Luke Meinholz, in conjunction with Relevant Radio 1240 AM, are hosting a charity Mallard’s game to support the work of the Women’s Care Center (WCC) in Madison.
The game will be on Sunday, July 27, at 5:05 p.m. The Madison Mallards will be playing the Green Bay Bullfrogs.
Celebrating moral courage: ‘42’ and us
Baseball and movies don’t often play well together. William Bendix as a Marine who dies happy in Guadalcanal Diary because he’s just heard that the Dodgers have won is an icon of 1940s Americana; the same William Bendix as the Bambino in The Babe Ruth Story is a sad business, to be consigned to the (bad) memory bank.
The Natural and Bull Durham have their moments, but when push comes to shove, they’re both, finally, about something other than baseball.
Be thankful for every day
On July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig enjoyed an early Thanksgiving Day. On Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day at Yankee Stadium, the Hall of Fame first baseman told 61,808 baseball fans that he was the luckiest man on earth.
At age 36, he was dying from Lou Gehrig’s disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis); yet, he was thankful because God gifted him with great athletic ability, wonderful fans, teammates, and a good family.