Reporting on baseball and faith: A religion writer combines two loves
DETROIT — Cecil Cooper. Bobby Murcer. Rod Carew. Frank Tanana. As a boy growing up in the 1970s, I scoured the stats on the backs of…
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A spiritual home run in Michigan
DETROIT — I woke up in my happy place Sunday: close to a major league ballpark. While in the Motor City reporting a story, I…
Faith and baseball: Why these fans feel a special connection to MLB’s playoff teams
Minister D.J. Iverson’s love for the San Diego Padres runs deep. Soul deep. Baseball is not a religion to Iverson, an Oklahoma Christian University graduate…
Take me out to the ballgame
DETROIT — As a child, I dreamed of growing up to be a baseball play-by-play announcer. I never realized that dream. But I did make…
