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  2. Baseball as a Road to God - Wikipedia

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    Baseball as a Road to God: Seeing Beyond the Game is a book written by John Sexton that discusses the game of baseball in the context of religion. The book is co-authored with Thomas Oliphant and Peter J. Schwartz; the foreword is written by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Sexton, a Catholic, grew up in New York City and as a young man was a Brooklyn ...

  3. Seventh-inning stretch - Wikipedia

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    In baseball in the United States and Canada, the seventh-inning stretch (also known as the Lucky 7 in Japan and South Korea) is a long-standing tradition that takes place between the halves of the seventh inning of a game. Fans generally stand up and stretch out their arms and legs and sometimes walk around.

  4. Religious symbolism in U.S. sports team names and mascots

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    Fort Myers Miracle, Minor League Baseball - became the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels in 2019 [20] Los Angeles Angels, Major League Baseball - Named after the city of Los Angeles; New Jersey Devils, National Hockey League. The Binghamton Devils became the Utica Comets when the team moved but remain affiliated with the New Jersey Devils.

  5. Babe Ruth: 'Less than a god but more than a man' - AOL

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    People say he was less than a god but more than a man. You know, like Hercules or something. That ball you just aced to The Beast is worth, well, more than your whole life.

  6. Why bestselling author Joe Posnanski’s new book isn’t just ...

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    The release of “Why We Love Baseball” comes during a fascinating time in the major leagues, when the introduction of a pitch clock has significantly reduced the length of games; the playoffs ...

  7. 'He’s a God-fearing man that’s also borderline gangster’: Why ...

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    Arguably the top team in baseball can’t seem to quit the worst catcher, even with an ostensibly better option in-house. “It’s not commitment,” Baker said. “It’s what I think is best ...

  8. God Bless America - Wikipedia

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    "God Bless America" is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin during World War I in 1918 and revised by him in the run-up to World War II in 1938. The later version was notably recorded by Kate Smith , becoming her signature song .

  9. Why the Organ At Baseball Games? - AOL

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    Ed Hartig, is a baseball historian who worked for the Cubs for over 30 years. ... that there's a lot of kids and young adults coming to ball games and they wanna hear stuff that they know and that ...