it's been a long hard fight
but i see a brand-new day dawning The holy gospel according to St. Luke the 24th chapter ! Opening Day coincided with Holy Week this year, and I have to think a little divine provenance was at work there. All sports, but especially baseball, have a bit of the cross baked into them. Ostensibly, baseball is a game of handling your losses much more than it’s a game of racking up victories. No documentary captures this upside - down dimension of the sport better than the “ Battered, so-and-so’s of Baseball .” *I’ve changed the title, by the way. Just in case there are any pious ears among us. You can find the documentary in question by googling “the Battered “b-a-s-…” of Baseball.” Or just googling “Portland Mavericks documentary.” Back in 1973, the Minor League team, the Portland Mavericks were on their last legs after seasons of dwindling ticket sales and even fewer wins. An unexpected future for the team comes in Bing Russel from Hollywood. Bing was an actor . ...