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By Daniel Okrent:

William Ashley Sunday of the Philadelphia Phillies, who became world-famous for loving Christ and hating alcohol, put away his glove, his bat, and his spikes in 1890. He had just completed a season in which he had stolen 84 bases and earned $3500, roughly nine times the wages of the average American industrial worker. But at last he had decided to turn away from the sporting life and toward Jesus, an inclination that had already set him apart from many of his teammates. Continue Reading →

By Daniel Okrent:

William Ashley Sunday of the Philadelphia Phillies, who became world-famous for loving Christ and hating alcohol, put away his glove, his bat, and his spikes in 1890. He had just completed a season in which he had stolen 84 bases and earned $3500, roughly nine times the wages of the average American industrial worker. But at last he had decided to turn away from the sporting life and toward Jesus, an inclination that had already set him apart from many of his teammates. Continue Reading →