A Bookish Christmas Gift Guide

by John Wilson

The purpose of this column is to suggest books (some from 2022, some published earlier) that might appeal to various people on your Christmas gift list.  Continue Reading »

2 Dec 2022

What to Read During the MLB Playoffs

by John Wilson

Here are a few hidden gems about baseball to enrich your fervor for the game.  Continue Reading »

7 Oct 2022

What Vin Scully Taught Me

by Jesse Cone

Vin showed us, in the scaled-down cosmos of the baseball field, what it means to be an excellent practitioner of the art of baseball—and thereby, helped us understand something between the foul lines that we couldn’t see in our tabloids and tablets: virtue.  Continue Reading »

18 Aug 2022

Angels in the Outfield

by John Wilson

Why are we so often embarrassed by the distinctive claims that have been made by Christians since the beginning of the Church? How did we get here? Continue Reading »

17 Jun 2022

How To Talk About Christian Ethics

by Andrew T. Walker

Moral principles are either true or false, sound or unsound, regardless of their foundation. We should not, and indeed cannot, separate the beliefs of faith from the convictions and evidence of reason. Continue Reading »

15 Jun 2022

The Game of Nonsense

by John Wilson

Elizabeth Sewell’s classic study of Lewis Carroll, “The Field of Nonsense,” sheds light on the allure of baseball. Continue Reading »

8 Apr 2022

A Catholic Gentleman Behind the Plate

by George Weigel

Bill Freehan, who died last August, was a Catholic gentleman and a great ballplayer. Continue Reading »

6 Oct 2021

Books, Baseball, and Cool Papa Bell

by John Wilson

Some thoughts on a recent biography of baseball legend Cool Papa Bell.
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5 Apr 2021

Odds and Ends for Wendy

by John Wilson

When my wife went to visit family, I would sometimes keep notes of things she might enjoy hearing about when she got back. Continue Reading »

8 Jan 2021

Baseball’s Beginnings

by John Wilson

In 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 »

16 Oct 2020