Oct 15, 2017
Cody is re-joined by writers/comedians Dan Sheehan and Tyler
Snodgrass to avoid talking about baseball while being forced to
talk about baseball. You can find your copy of the book at the
house of your local old man after you accidentally hit a ball into
his yard which also contains a very large dog.
'Fathers, Sons, & Holy Ghosts: Baseball as a Spiritual
Experience'
by Austin Gisriel
No other sport, and indeed few other activities evoke as much
passion as does baseball. It is a passion that unites generations
and genders, laborers and lawyers, Republicans and Democrats.
Baseball serves as a common language, a unified way of perceiving
the world, a means to greater understanding. Baseball’s shrines,
rituals, myths, and heroes certainly give it a religious aura, but
many activities may be pursued “religiously.” Baseball is beyond
religion. It is a living myth that puts us in touch with Eternity,
with the Infinite. Its Miracle is not some long-ago act that
contradicts the laws of physics. Its Miracle is the scrubbing away
of cynicism to reveal the fresh-faced child within who is ready to
believe, eager to believe, who does believe. Fathers, Sons, & Holy
Ghosts: Baseball as a Spiritual Experience is an examination in
memoir form of how baseball nourishes the spiritual side of those
who are part of the game.
Show Notes:
Currently Reading:
Kurt Vonnegut
‘Runnin’ with the Devil’ by Noel E. Monk & Joe Layden
‘You’re Not Doing It Right’ by Michael Ian Black
‘Annihilation’ by Jeff VanderMeer
‘Believe Me’ by Eddie Izzard
Topics: spinning baseball children, St. Louis Cardinals,
butter cake, rivalries, Audible.com, fonts, baseball people, Star
Wars theories, dads, plot, footnotes v endnotes,
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