I stood in awe before the 40” x 40” print, my eyes drawn to the colorful vastness of the heavenly starscape, reminding me of similar images shared by the Hubble telescope. The reds and golds just underneath the horizon line stood out in ...
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1960 World Series – Game #4
The Pre-Game
ETHAN — Over the past couple of weeks, I have become more than slightly obsessed with an out-of-print book by German theologian Jurgan Moltmann, The Theology of Play. As I listened to the game, I heard echoes of Moltmann’s ...
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‘Twas the week of Thanksgiving
‘Twas
the week of Thanksgiving, I sat at my house
While
the feline was silently tracking a mouse;
Long
stockings of blue washed and folded with care,
In
hopes a Spring invite soon would be there;
My
children were school-bound, ...
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1960 World Series – Game #3
RANCE — Chuck Thompson opened the broadcast by reviewing the 16 - 3 Yankees win in Game 2, and brought up how much the series’ move to New York favors the Yankees. Like any good broadcaster will do, he told us not to count out ...
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1960 World Series – Game #2
A tale of two All-Stars that’s almost as long as something
Charles Dickens would write.
The First Inning
ETHAN — The broadcast started with the first pitch, no
pre-show, no Gillette commercials, so I looked up the line-ups on ...
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