Baseball’s Beginnings
by John WilsonIn 2020, we are not that far removed from the early era of professional baseball in America, no matter how much the game has changed over the decades. Continue Reading »
How Jane Austen Played Baseball
by John WilsonAn early form of baseball was well-established in England by the mid-eighteenth century. Continue Reading »
Baseball and Synod 2018
by George WeigelThose at the 2018 Synod on Youth should consider why John Paul II held such appeal for young people. Continue Reading »
Of Books and Baseball
by John WilsonIn his inaugural First Things web column, John Wilson shares his favorite books about baseball. Continue Reading »
The Importance of Jackie Robinson
by George WeigelJackie Robinson’s accomplishments should rank as high as anyone’s in the pantheon of civil rights heroes. Continue Reading »
Choreography and Improv
by Peter J. LeithartDespite appearances, jazz and baseball are historically intertwined. Baseball players and jazz musicians both strive for a perfect balance between disciplined practice and spontaneity. Continue Reading »
Golden Memories of a Golden Anniversary
by George WeigelIn my mind’s eye, what I see on East 33rd Street is the old brick horseshoe where I learned baseball from my grandfather Weigel in the late 1950s—and where, a half-century ago, I had a foretaste of the joy of the Kingdom. Continue Reading »
Baseball: Practices for Coming Home
by Jeffrey BilbroThe American pastime offers a balm for our restless, competitive, and often militaristic culture. Continue Reading »
Two Catholics and the Catholic Game
by George WeigelBaseball is by far the most Catholic of the sports on which we lavish such attention and passion. Because it’s played without a clock, baseball is like the liturgy: a foretaste of the time-beyond-time, which is God’s time, which is eternity. Baseball is also spatially eschatological or infinite: . . . . Continue Reading »
Inhuman Baseball
by Greg HillisUnfortunately, the scene is now familiar to us. The runner on first breaks for second as the pitcher delivers the ball to home. The catcher jumps to his feet, throws a rocket to the second baseman as the runner slides into the base. The play is close, as are so many plays in this game of inches, but . . . . Continue Reading »
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