Baseball will return eventually, but I just got off the phone with an ex-boyfriend who remains one of my very most favorite people on the planet.  This will not be a "never got over the ex" story; this will not be a "want the ex back story"--if you want that, look elsewhere. … Read full post »

The Salt Lake City Olympics judging scandal (i.e. the "what everyone knows has been going on in the sport for years but now there isn't even any plausible deniability left" scandal)  left me jaded about figure skating, so I've never been able to be as much of a fan since.

But for most… Read full post »

After the Phils play in (and lose) their second Series in 67 years, it's time for another generation of wandering in the wilderness.  Phans live in baseball's version of the Old Testament, remember?

I wondered in the previous post whether it's harder/easier to have faith when you're in the deepe… Read full post »

The late 1940s are a time of new beginnings for our young couple: the man returns from war, they marry, they spend a couple years in St. Louis cracking eggs with Joe Garagiola, and then the whims of corporate life bring them back to southeastern Pennsylvania, home of family and the Phils.&n… Read full post »

So the man and the woman, newly married, get transferred by his company. 

They leave behind family, friends, and the Phillies* and head to St. Louis, Missouri.  They spend a couple of years in St. Louis.  They undoubtedly do things like socialize, go to church, shop for groc… Read full post »

. . . no, not the "God created heaven and earth" beginning of Genesis (though that will become important as the story goes on), but the beginning of this woman's journey of faith, baseball, and true love.  Wait, other people separate the three?

 One day in the 1930s, a little girl… Read full post »