This coming week promises to be exciting . . . I’m carrying the trauma pager this week. The five resident chaplains at my hospital rotate trauma pager responsibilities, and any trauma or code that comes over the pager this week during the hours of 7:45am and 4:45pm are my responsibility. Additionally, during this weekContinue reading “The Week in Preview”
Category Archives: Baseball
Witnessing Abuse
The Philadelphia Inquirer today published transcripts of 911 calls made by people who witnessed Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Brett Myers hit his wife on a Boston street corner in June. This is disturbing, yet such abuse is something that happens every day in every town in our country. We must pay attention. Click on the linkContinue reading “Witnessing Abuse”
Forgiveness, Philly Style
Last evening Brett Myers pitched in Philadelphia for the first time since his arrest on domestic violence charges in Boston last month. (As you know, I had a pretty strong reaction to his arrest, the charges filed against him, and the team’s cowardly response to this crime – visit my baseball category listing and you’llContinue reading “Forgiveness, Philly Style”
Just Call the Darn Game
I’m watching baseball’s All-Star Game, and I’m annoyed by the amount of broadcast gimmicks employed by our friends at Fox Sports. Embarrassingly bad player profiles (such as the video profile of David Wright describing his favorite FOX TV show – 24 – and speaking of his love for pastel-colored shirts – what does this haveContinue reading “Just Call the Darn Game”
Too Little, Too Late
Today the Philadelphia Phillies announced, via press release, that they have granted Brett Myers leave from the team until the end of the All-Star break "to concentrate on personal matters associated with his arrest in Boston last week" (Brett Myers was arrested last week for hitting his wife on a street outside of his BostonContinue reading “Too Little, Too Late”
The Lutheran Zephyr 