Uneasy feelings about the cross on Busch Stadium mound

St. Louis Post Disgrace ^ | 6/26/13 | Bill McClellan

[schaef21]

Perhaps you saw the mention in Sunday’s Sports section about the Christian iconography on the mound at Busch Stadium.

Apparently, somebody on the grounds crew etches a cross into the dirt....

Still, I look at photos of that cross etched on the mound and I get the same sort of uneasy feeling I get when I hear the phrase “homeland security.” It used to be “national security.” Why did “national” morph into “homeland”? It happened about the same time politicians started wearing American flag lapel pins.

Besides, I’m scared about terrorism. I’m convinced that fanatical, dedicated people with access to a lot of money want to do us great harm. If all this surveillance helps stop them, great....

But still, I feel uneasy about it. I can’t help but think of George Orwell.

Now there’s a cross etched on to the mound at Busch Stadium. Certainly, the players don’t seem bothered by it. Adam Wainwright told the Post-Dispatch’s Derrick Goold that the cross, and a looping figure said to represent Stan Musial’s number 6, had been there for all his starts.

The tribute to Musial seems harmless. Not so the cross. Does religion need to be that prominent in a baseball game?

I’m not pretending it’s a big deal. But still, I have an uneasy feeling about a cross etched on the mound.

[Tax-chick]

I’m a close friend of Darksheare!

[Lakeshark]

Ruh roh......

You DO KNOW the downside of associating with that ne'er do well.....skeery, unusual things can happen at any moment.......

I've been hanging around with Darks for a very loooong time......

:-)

[Tax-chick]

Darksheare’s never done anything especially skeery to me. I’ve learned to just not notice random tentacles.

[AndyTheBear]

What does religion have to do with baseball?

Stan Musial died in January of this year. The cross and number 6 are a tribute to him. The number 6 because that was the number he wore. The cross is the most common symbol to represent those who have passed on in our country. There is no attempt here to convert or badger anyone about their religion or lack there of.

But, if this simple tribute to the honor of a baseball legend who has recently died offends Bill McClellon as being too religious, I shudder to think what Mr McClellon would think if Jesus Christ were to return to earth in his lifetime.