Champions of Faith: Baseball Edition
A number of major leaguers discuss what their Catholic Faith means to them. Baseball and Catholicism: what’s not to love?
I was surprised to see Juan Pierre was Catholic, although I don’t know why. I also have an irrational hatred for Jeff Suppan because he shut down the Phillies down in their home opener one year, which I had the misfortune of attending. Even as one of my friends told me he was Catholic I didn’t care, Suppan was awful back then so naturally the Phils couldn’t hit him. It didn’t help that Joe Roa, who had been a pleasant surprise the year before, was giving up runs like it was going out of style. Boos began in the top of the first. My friend from Virginia was amazed by the fact Phillies fans would boo that quickly. (He obviously doesn’t understand us. Five runs before the Phils come to back will earn that response.) Here’s the box score of the game in question.
Anyhoo, I’m looking forward to seeing this DVD, and given the title, they might be making other versions for other sports.
