Catholic Journal

Category - Culture

The Stranger on the Plane

A freshman wit, named John Bat Masterson, became friends with me and my roommate Peter in our sophomore year at the Cross. He was a very nervous and quirky fellow who quickly became the brunt of several nasty...

The Golden At-Bat

Jacques Barzun, the late Columbia University professor once wrote, Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball. I would like to amend this to: Whoever wants to know the...