Mary Beth Ellis, Author at Redleg Nation

Baseball Is Life: Baseball Heaven

12/08/2021

Catholic apologist Jimmy Akin has made something of a name of himself in answering questions about the faith that lie decidedly on the bizarre size (Current favorite: "If Baby Yoda is physically 50 years old bu... Read More...

Baseball Is Life: It’s All of Them

Mary Beth Ellis

12/01/2021

Desi Arnaz is the most famous man outside of St. Joseph to ever stand in the shadow of his wife. That this reality unfolded in during Peak Homemaker, the1950’s, is a tribute to the spectacular talent of Arnaz’s... Read More...

Baseball is Life: How to Clete Out

Mary Beth Ellis

11/24/2021

Early in the season, I shared with you the important baseball tradition known as Cleting out, the process of abandoning a sporting event, live or otherwise, earlier than hoped for or expected. It is named for t... Read More...

Baseball Is Life: The Dough

Mary Beth Ellis

11/17/2021

Payroll is a topic of great discussion amongst the Reds faithful, but as a person who hates math, and structure, and telling people that I won't give them money, and people telling me that they won't give them ... Read More...

Baseball Is Life: Of Queens and Diamonds

Mary Beth Ellis

11/10/2021

When the queen came to the abbey for live rehearsals it became obvious, to the horror of the cameramen, that the archbishop's robes concealed her face from their lenses as he lowered the crown, totally obscurin... Read More...

Baseball Is Life: The Laugh Track

Mary Beth Ellis

11/03/2021

The transferral of my entire childhood to YouTube and various streaming services means that I now have the ability to study, in all its pastel and neon glory, the television staples of the 80s and 90s. I will h... Read More...

Baseball Is Life: Colliding and Departing Worlds

Mary Beth Ellis

10/27/2021

We introverts spend a great deal of time in our introvert-holes, not even noticing that we haven't had actual, in-person interaction with a fellow member of the human race until we perhaps notice a major introv... Read More...

Baseball Is Life: Lifeless, Half-Empty Stadiums

Mary Beth Ellis

10/20/2021

Our venerable elder, Chad Dotson, has succeeded in reminding me that baseball as it is isn't baseball as it used to be, and perhaps shouldn't always be as it is: This is an exchange from Ted Lasso, and whil... Read More...

Baseball Is Life: Boys and Girls Like You and Me

Mary Beth Ellis

10/13/2021

Dissatisfaction is so high with the MLB in general and the Reds in particular that I wonder if a complete reboot of the sport is necessary. In the sense that it's not even the MLB. It's a bunch of chicks. A bun... Read More...

Baseball Is Life: Choose Your Solution Adventure

Mary Beth Ellis

10/06/2021

The 2021 Reds are now a matter for history. They are now yet another notch in these Between Championships years, a season in which we sift through the squish of collapsing lineups and point hopefully at the gem... Read More...

Baseball Is Life: What If the Ballast Leaves?

Mary Beth Ellis

09/29/2021

When we count the age of the Reds, we begin not from the moment of conception, but the moment of remuneration. And there's a reason for that.

Baseball Is Life: Don’t Sell the Team, Bob

Mary Beth Ellis

09/23/2021

#SellTheTeamBob started trending in the Tri-State area last night. Mary Beth Ellis doesn't think that should happen-- unless some conditions are met.

Author Mary Beth Ellis