Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Kind of my whole thing in a nutshell
This picture was taken in the Spring of 1980. Our school paper, the North Pointe, played a softball game against our arch-rival, the South Tower. (There were two high schools, Grosse Pointe North and Grosse Pointe South). It was a pretty fun game. I remember pitching, poorly, and that not many of us were very good at softball.
So, I'm not in the picture. That's because I left in the last inning of the game before the picture was taken.
I left to go get baptized by a somewhat confused Congregational minister (a denomination with infant baptism), because I decided that in the Bible people chose to be baptized as adults. He set it up at a Baptist church, which was a gesture I always appreciated. Obviously, I didn't invite a lot of people-- just my parents and a few witnesses-- but it was, in fact, deeply meaningful.
One thing I don't remember is what I said when I took off from the game....
