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Babe Ruth, patron saint of the home run, turned the ball field into a church – and lived his own Catholic faith in the spotlight

  • Written by Rebecca T. Alpert, Professor of Religion Emerita, Temple University
Babe Ruth, patron saint of the home run, turned the ball field into a church – and lived his own Catholic faith in the spotlightThe Sultan of Swat turned every stadium into a cathedral, and home runs into a sacrament.Bettmann via Getty Images

“I’ve tried ‘em all, I really have,” Susan Sarandon’s character Annie Savoy says in the movie “Bull Durham.” But “the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church...

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