Sunday, August 26, 2007

Weigel on the "Ripken Ethic"

by Pauli

It's about baseball, not Church teaching, but that doesn't mean George Weigel's latest article doesn't qualify as some of the Best Catholic Writing 2007.


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Posted by Pauli at 8/26/2007 02:40:00 PM

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3 comments:

  1. Paul ZummoAugust 27, 2007 at 9:07 AM

    I like Weigel a lot, but there's something a little cranky (not that there's anything wrong with being cranky) here:

    How many times have you seen a bunt properly laid down in recent years? Or a hit-and-run smoothly executed? How often have you watched a multi-million-dollar-per-year player forget how many outs there were in the inning? Or fail to run out a ground ball?

    The answers are:
    1) Lots of times
    2) Lots of times (I am a Mets fan, so I am used to competence, at least in the past two years)
    3) Twice
    4) Often, though I also see guys like Reyes hustle almost all the time.

    I know where he's coming from, but I don't think this generation is quite as awful as he lets on.

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  2. Roger H.August 28, 2007 at 3:31 PM

    Yes, the steroid use is way down (as is the musculature of players I won’t mention).

    Yeah, but the head of one of those unnamed players, who just recently became the all time home run king, is still as big as a beach ball.

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  3. JohnMcGAugust 28, 2007 at 5:39 PM

    Paul -- Agreed.

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