Major league baseball players use “Passion” as an outreach
Mike Matheny of the St. Louis Cardinals invited teammates and friends to see “The Passion of the Christ.” “I know that people are going to ask questions,” he said. Photo courtesy of the St. Louis Cardinals
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (BP)--Churches aren’t the only ones renting out theaters and using Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” as an outreach tool. Baseball players are doing the same thing.
“I just felt like it was an opportunity to get some guys to go that maybe could ask some questions afterward,” said New York Mets pitcher Braden Looper during spring training in Florida. “It was a great outreach. I think we had like 50 guys and their wives show up.”
Looper is just one of a handful of players who arranged for their teammates to see the movie during spring training by renting out a movie theater or by handing out free tickets.
Mike Matheny of the St. Louis Cardinals invited not only his teammates on the big league team, but also the minor leaguers and their wives.
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