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July 8 at the UUFSB: "Ya Gotta Believe"

seawolf17 May 30 2012 02:17 PM

Our church -- the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Stony Brook -- hosts a number of lay-led services over the summer as our reverend takes some time off. I led a service last summer, talking about how my mom's alcoholism and death affected my life... and had such an amazing experience, I'm doing it again. This summer, on the Sunday before the All-Star Game, I'm leading a service I've titled "Ya Gotta Believe": Is baseball religion? If you don't think so, then you've never watched the late innings of a crucial game with your team down by a run... or watched a grown man cry as the last remnants of a stadium come down... or seen the joy on the face of a six-year-old when aluminum meets ball for the first time. As a lifelong Mets fan, Chris D'Orso has been praying to the baseball gods since 1986; he'll discuss what being a fan means to him as a person, as a husband and father, and how baseball is very much a religious experience. I'm excited; should be really fun to put together. Still trying to figure out what to include, musically, but I've started re-writing "A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request" with a more Metly spirit.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 30 2012 02:23 PM Re: July 8 at the UUFSB: "Ya Gotta Believe"

God's gonna punish you when he finds out how much fun you've been having at church.

seawolf17 May 30 2012 03:49 PM Re: July 8 at the UUFSB: "Ya Gotta Believe"

Nah, that's how we UUs roll. If it ain't fun, we ain't doing it.

seawolf17 May 31 2012 07:48 AM Re: July 8 at the UUFSB: "Ya Gotta Believe"

Better example of the "ya gotta believe" phenomenon -- the 10-run inning in 2000, or the July 4, 1985 game? Tempted to use both.

TransMonk May 31 2012 08:21 AM Re: July 8 at the UUFSB: "Ya Gotta Believe"

That 10-run inning in 2000 vs. the Braves was pretty awesome. I'm too young to remember the 1985 game specifically.

Ceetar May 31 2012 08:40 AM Re: July 8 at the UUFSB: "Ya Gotta Believe"

TransMonk wrote: That 10-run inning in 2000 vs. the Braves was pretty awesome. I'm too young to remember the 1985 game specifically. likewise. plus the 2000 game was a packed house, so that really added to it.

SteveJRogers May 31 2012 10:50 AM Re: July 8 at the UUFSB: "Ya Gotta Believe"

I'm excited; should be really fun to put together. Still trying to figure out what to include, musically, but I've started re-writing "A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request" with a more Metly spirit. Do they still play the blues out in Flushing Whenever baseball season rolls around When the snow melts away Do the Metises still play Across the street from the Iron Triangle grounds...

seawolf17 Jul 07 2012 08:01 PM Re: July 8 at the UUFSB: "Ya Gotta Believe"

Good to go for tomorrow. Six and a half pages is a little long, but we'll make it work.