by Jim Manney

Lent, Easter, our new Jesuit pope, and other weighty matters have distracted us from a truly momentous event-the return of baseball to warm a cold and weary world. Celebrate with John Fogarty’s masterpiece “Centerfield.” Is this an Ignatian song? Indeed it is. The refrain-“Put me in coach. I’m ready to play” -is a perfect expression of the Ignatian disposition of wholehearted generosity of spirit. (Click here to watch the video on YouTube.)