And God Said, Play Ball! Amusing and Thought-Provoking Parallels Between the Bible and Baseball

Name: And God Said, Play Ball! Amusing and Thought-Provoking Parallels Between the Bible and Baseball
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ISBN: 9780764814754

ISBN-10: 0764814753

ISBN-13: 9780764814754

Edition: N/A

Authors: Gary Graf, Jack Zehrt

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This book is both entertaining and educational, fanciful and inspirational. It draws from the lives of Jesus Christ and Yogi Berra, Joseph of Nazareth and Joe DiMaggio, Moses and Hank Aaron, St. Peter and Jackie Robinson. And God Said, "Play Ball!" makes the Bible more approachable by relating it to a game loved by both children and adults. It also shows that baseball is not only a game, but a never-ending series of lessons about life, as well. The book is divided into 18 chapters, each representing one half inning of a baseball game. In each half inning, a topic is explored with parallels being drawn from both the Bible and the game. For example, in the Top of the First the origins of life…

Book details

List price: $12.95
Publisher: Liguori Publications
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 180
Size: 5.10" wide x 8.71" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English

Gary Graf has been a sports fan for more than 40 years and a Catholic longer than that. He holds a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of San Francisco and an MBA from the University of Washington. He has worked for the Big Cheese himself, having spent seven years in the employ of Mickey Mouse at Walt Disney Productions, where he served as a publicist and story editor.