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Baseball: A Mirror For America

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A portrait of the University Heights Baseball Team, Seattle, from the nineteen twenties
Credit Seattle Municipal Archives
University Heights Baseball Team, Seattle, circa 1920s

What does Baseball history tell us about America? That we’re a nation of scandals and corrupt leadership, of racial prejudice and cold economic calculus. But we’re also a nation of humility and redemption. William Woodward teaches American history at SPU and preaches the gospel of baseball all over Washington state. The narrative he sees  in baseball gives him hope – not just for America, but for the human condition. Professor Woodward gives Ross Reynolds his pitch.


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