The Theology of Baseball

Baseball and faith really have a lot in common. Krissy and I had a great time thinking of some of these things. Here are some thoughts.

Baseball reference in scripture.
“In the big inning…” ~ Genesis 1:1

To score you have to come back home. God is the beginning and the end; the alpha and the omega.

You have to run really hard. In the same way that you have to try really hard in everything you do in your faith, whenever anything happens in baseball, the next thing you’re going to do is run really hard.

You have to touch base. There’s no shortcut.

God said to Adam and Eve, “You’re outta here!”

Jesus made a sacrifice fly.

You really have to know and love the game to play it well.

You are being cheered on by the fans (the Saints and Angels!).

God announces your name REALLY cool when you come out on to the field.

There’s no clock in baseball. "It ain’t over till it’s over." (Yogi Berra)…you always have time to repent.

It’s a Universal game, played all around the world.

What you do, can allow someone else to score big. It’s not an individual sport, it’s a team sport.

It requires suffering.

Nobody bats 1000. Nobody’s perfect.

Baseball is complicated.

Life can throw you curves.

You need light to play.

Even after you strike out, you always have another at bat.