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The Catholic Players Who Shaped Baseball

The L.A. Dodgers’ anti-Catholic bigotry should remind us of how members of the Church have influenced America’s sport.

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Babe Ruth lines a single to right field against the Cleveland Indians at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio, May 20, 1934.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers are in danger of striking out.

A grotesquely anti-Catholic “performance” group, known as the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, was slated to receive the Community Hero Award as part of the club’s tenth annual LGBTQ+ Pride Night on June 16. After opposition from Catholics, the team rescinded the offer, only to apologetically reverse course and, once again, honor the organization.

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Andrew Fowler

Andrew Fowler is a communications specialist at Yankee Institute, a Connecticut-based public-policy organization. He formerly served on the Milford Board of Education.

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