I'm not surprised there's low attendance at the USCCB conference. Where I live in the Diocese of Charlotte, our new batch of priests is being ordained tomorrow.
I was able to read it by going over to the Pillar and clicking on the analysis page and the article was right there. So I could read it but not by clicking through.
The Louisville Slugger factory tour sounds like a lot of fun! I didn’t know they had a batting cage there too! Super cool! Definitely will check out if I find myself in Louisville.
My dad has a Louisville Slugger baseball bat and I got one of my own a few years ago. They really are an American treasure, especially for baseball fans like me 🙂
I’ve got one by my bedside as our home’s backup security device.
And what self-respecting business doesn’t have a capital expenditures budget to plan for failing machinery? If they go under, it’s no one’s fault but their own.
Loved that tour... but I would've thought the panic buying would be motivated by the epidemic of the emerald ash borer killing off countless acres of ash trees across the country. But then I discovered this in the FAQ's from the museum & factory website:
"Approximately 75% of pro bats are made from maple wood, 20% are made from birch, and 5% are made from northern white ash. The best timber comes from parts of Pennsylvania, New York, and other northeastern states where the terrain and climate are most favorable to its growth. In the past, though hickory was also a popular wood for bats, it has become too heavy to meet the demands of today's players."
The tour guide tried to tell us the switch to maple was largely motivated by their becoming popular with Bonds, McGuire, Sosa et al using the heavier harder wood for more pop, and players wanting a piece of the action. JD and I expressed our skepticism that is was the maple making the difference for those guys.
The continued existence and operation of the Murphy Elevator Co. was the tidbit of life affirming news I needed today (notwithstanding the dire forecast for Louisville Slugger). I need a “business you would be surprised to know still exists” segment any time the Pillar goes on the road. And no vape shops? 🙌
About the lathe, similar situation to the SR-71 Blackbird. After the last one was produced, the tools used for it were destroyed to ensure they (the tools and how they worked) would never get to the Reds ... as a result, even if you wanted to build more, you can't.
It may please you to know that Bishop Steven Lopes of the Ordinariate has one branded with his name and seal, a gift of our Ordinariate parish in Louisville.
Regretfully, I must inform you that the vape shops have infected other parts of the city, however.
Very cool! And that means if JD or Ed wanted to get a customized Louisville Slugger bat with The Pillar logo on it, that would be possible, at least theoretically! 🙂
Oh yes, it's a very reasonably priced customization. Just takes a smidge of extra time to make, however! And bats cannot be carry on baggage, regardless of size.
So Mike Sweeney is a retired MLB player who is also a devout Catholic. I wonder if he is one of the baseball players who signed the equipment that Ed mentioned.
The pope’s reference to “faggotry” is understandable if he’s referring to militant, snotty, supercilious’in your face’ gays. They are pernicious, and destructive to our Faith.
In our region they have caused much scandal and harm. They spawned the ‘sisters of perpetual perversity’ garbage (even publicly receiving Communion in nun drag). They do not appear to be sinners struggling with their condition and trying to live holy lives.
It is refreshing to me that Pp Francis is calling the problem out.
He was specifically calling it out in the clergy, not in the laity. I would be quite astonished if there were Catholic priests with faculties receiving Holy Communion dressed as nuns.
None. And very fervent intentions to not spend any there in at least the next decade or so, doubly so if priests there are acting like that. I think I'd quit tithing at that point, and only donate to my parish in goods and services.
The “Homosexual Mindset”: everything must always and everywhere be a big sex romp. Everything must be always permeated with sex: schools, libraries, sports, friendships, movies/TV/music/media/advertising, politics, religion, history, art, nature, animals, public discourse, the news, etc.
Everyone must be having sex: couples, adults, minors, clergy, historical figures, friends, etc.
In many ways, homosexuality is disordered not *just* because it’s contrary to the Natural Law (though that’s primarily why), but also because it’s so sick and twisted that it can’t help but sex-ify everything and everyone in the created universe, even to the point of revisionism of history (“all these historical figures were actually queer! Everybody in 1930s was secretly doing freaky sex stuff!”) and nature (just go see Elliot Page’s new nature documentary about how, apparently, thousands upon thousands of animal species are actually gay and queer and transgender). It’s utterly twisted and all-consuming.
Minneapolis is the Midwest hub for LGBTQ stuff, and has been for decades. In many ways, the Twin Cities are even more gung-ho about Pride than Chicago.
Also, Bishop Robert Barron of the Winona-Rochester, MN diocese is a huge baseball fan and reportedly wanted to be a pro baseball player when he was younger. It would not surprise me if he either has made a stop by the Louisville Slugger factory or will make a stop there in the future.
“Peace be with you - Friends, I’m here at the Louisville Slugger factory in Kentucky. But here’s the thing - it reminds me of what John Henry Newman would say abou-“
great stuff from Starting at 7 for first SEVEN,, to Pillar at 11..........My one comment .....is this
.If "one word " uttered by the Pope, In person Christi Alter Christi Vicar of .."Christ WORD of God " "sucks the oxygen out of the room" ..and makes it impossible to breathe let alone respond to what was said or meant, would another single word help resuscitate us all.. Gayity? or Gaiety as in days of Yore.. when it meant "so happy, joyful " and /or ..that nice feeling of being ... ? young? Alive ? ..Hey hey hey !
I get it that it’s much more cost effective to keep the original German lathes working than it would be to design and fabricate new ones, but this lathe technology is not rocket science. Like the original German Heidelberg printing presses, the bat-turning lathes are no doubt typical German manufacture: heavy, overbuilt and extremely accurate. But to assume that they can’t be replicated (or even improved upon) in this day and age is preposterous.
I was thinking how much I did not much like wood bats in High School for obvious reasons. Heavier, smaller sweet spot, nasty shock if the ball was hit fat.
If Lousville really needed to replace their lathes, the first fall back would be to custom fab the replacement parts. The second fall back option is a new CNC wood lathe/router, which would probably not be made in Germany, but in Asia.
While there, do yourself a favor and visit St. Louis Bertrand and the St. Margaret of Castello shrine.
I'm not surprised there's low attendance at the USCCB conference. Where I live in the Diocese of Charlotte, our new batch of priests is being ordained tomorrow.
Same for ADW - sixteen this year 😇🤩
Bishop Michael Martin did attend the USCCB Conference. The ordination on Saturday did not keep him from attending his first USCCB meeting.
And hosting the national Eucharistic pilgrimage!
The article on the updated Native American document is set to 'private' and cannot be viewed.
It did the same to me.
I was able to read it by going over to the Pillar and clicking on the analysis page and the article was right there. So I could read it but not by clicking through.
The Louisville Slugger factory tour sounds like a lot of fun! I didn’t know they had a batting cage there too! Super cool! Definitely will check out if I find myself in Louisville.
My dad has a Louisville Slugger baseball bat and I got one of my own a few years ago. They really are an American treasure, especially for baseball fans like me 🙂
I’ve got one by my bedside as our home’s backup security device.
And what self-respecting business doesn’t have a capital expenditures budget to plan for failing machinery? If they go under, it’s no one’s fault but their own.
I have both my Louisville Slugger and an aluminum baseball bat close by for that reason too 🙂
Loved that tour... but I would've thought the panic buying would be motivated by the epidemic of the emerald ash borer killing off countless acres of ash trees across the country. But then I discovered this in the FAQ's from the museum & factory website:
"Approximately 75% of pro bats are made from maple wood, 20% are made from birch, and 5% are made from northern white ash. The best timber comes from parts of Pennsylvania, New York, and other northeastern states where the terrain and climate are most favorable to its growth. In the past, though hickory was also a popular wood for bats, it has become too heavy to meet the demands of today's players."
The tour guide tried to tell us the switch to maple was largely motivated by their becoming popular with Bonds, McGuire, Sosa et al using the heavier harder wood for more pop, and players wanting a piece of the action. JD and I expressed our skepticism that is was the maple making the difference for those guys.
My own softball bat is ash. As God intended.
Man I can't wait until November so I can get through a Pillar newsletter or podcast without having to hear about baseball or cricket.
Are you against all Sportsball, or just those two in particular?
Just those two.
Consider the baseball/cricket commentary as a penance. Besides, on the newsletter side, no one is forcing you to read it.
Luck for you, cricket is a year round sport, thanks to tours of Australia and South Africa.
Well at least baseball will be dead for those peaceful few months.
The continued existence and operation of the Murphy Elevator Co. was the tidbit of life affirming news I needed today (notwithstanding the dire forecast for Louisville Slugger). I need a “business you would be surprised to know still exists” segment any time the Pillar goes on the road. And no vape shops? 🙌
About the lathe, similar situation to the SR-71 Blackbird. After the last one was produced, the tools used for it were destroyed to ensure they (the tools and how they worked) would never get to the Reds ... as a result, even if you wanted to build more, you can't.
It may please you to know that Bishop Steven Lopes of the Ordinariate has one branded with his name and seal, a gift of our Ordinariate parish in Louisville.
Regretfully, I must inform you that the vape shops have infected other parts of the city, however.
Very cool! And that means if JD or Ed wanted to get a customized Louisville Slugger bat with The Pillar logo on it, that would be possible, at least theoretically! 🙂
Oh yes, it's a very reasonably priced customization. Just takes a smidge of extra time to make, however! And bats cannot be carry on baggage, regardless of size.
The Conference meeting amidst so many bourbon bars may give life to the old joke “Wherever you find four priests, you usually find a fifth”.
So Mike Sweeney is a retired MLB player who is also a devout Catholic. I wonder if he is one of the baseball players who signed the equipment that Ed mentioned.
The pope’s reference to “faggotry” is understandable if he’s referring to militant, snotty, supercilious’in your face’ gays. They are pernicious, and destructive to our Faith.
In our region they have caused much scandal and harm. They spawned the ‘sisters of perpetual perversity’ garbage (even publicly receiving Communion in nun drag). They do not appear to be sinners struggling with their condition and trying to live holy lives.
It is refreshing to me that Pp Francis is calling the problem out.
He was specifically calling it out in the clergy, not in the laity. I would be quite astonished if there were Catholic priests with faculties receiving Holy Communion dressed as nuns.
Never spent much time in the San Francisco Bay Area, eh?
None. And very fervent intentions to not spend any there in at least the next decade or so, doubly so if priests there are acting like that. I think I'd quit tithing at that point, and only donate to my parish in goods and services.
The “Homosexual Mindset”: everything must always and everywhere be a big sex romp. Everything must be always permeated with sex: schools, libraries, sports, friendships, movies/TV/music/media/advertising, politics, religion, history, art, nature, animals, public discourse, the news, etc.
Everyone must be having sex: couples, adults, minors, clergy, historical figures, friends, etc.
In many ways, homosexuality is disordered not *just* because it’s contrary to the Natural Law (though that’s primarily why), but also because it’s so sick and twisted that it can’t help but sex-ify everything and everyone in the created universe, even to the point of revisionism of history (“all these historical figures were actually queer! Everybody in 1930s was secretly doing freaky sex stuff!”) and nature (just go see Elliot Page’s new nature documentary about how, apparently, thousands upon thousands of animal species are actually gay and queer and transgender). It’s utterly twisted and all-consuming.
Sounds like you have been to the San Francisco Bay Area …..
Minneapolis is the Midwest hub for LGBTQ stuff, and has been for decades. In many ways, the Twin Cities are even more gung-ho about Pride than Chicago.
Also, Bishop Robert Barron of the Winona-Rochester, MN diocese is a huge baseball fan and reportedly wanted to be a pro baseball player when he was younger. It would not surprise me if he either has made a stop by the Louisville Slugger factory or will make a stop there in the future.
“Peace be with you - Friends, I’m here at the Louisville Slugger factory in Kentucky. But here’s the thing - it reminds me of what John Henry Newman would say abou-“
Perfect!
Hah! 😂
great stuff from Starting at 7 for first SEVEN,, to Pillar at 11..........My one comment .....is this
.If "one word " uttered by the Pope, In person Christi Alter Christi Vicar of .."Christ WORD of God " "sucks the oxygen out of the room" ..and makes it impossible to breathe let alone respond to what was said or meant, would another single word help resuscitate us all.. Gayity? or Gaiety as in days of Yore.. when it meant "so happy, joyful " and /or ..that nice feeling of being ... ? young? Alive ? ..Hey hey hey !
I normally head down to Gethsemani once a year for a retreat and keep needing to actually stop at the Louisville Slugger Factory.
I get it that it’s much more cost effective to keep the original German lathes working than it would be to design and fabricate new ones, but this lathe technology is not rocket science. Like the original German Heidelberg printing presses, the bat-turning lathes are no doubt typical German manufacture: heavy, overbuilt and extremely accurate. But to assume that they can’t be replicated (or even improved upon) in this day and age is preposterous.
I was thinking how much I did not much like wood bats in High School for obvious reasons. Heavier, smaller sweet spot, nasty shock if the ball was hit fat.
If Lousville really needed to replace their lathes, the first fall back would be to custom fab the replacement parts. The second fall back option is a new CNC wood lathe/router, which would probably not be made in Germany, but in Asia.