By: Ardis E. Parshall - April 05, 2016 It probably seems strange today, the idea of the Church spending $100,000 – 1950s dollars! – to build a softball park in the Salt Lake Valley, and to hold yearly All-Church Priesthood Softball Tournaments. How many ways is it strange, at least in contrast to what you’d expect today? Well, it’s sports, especially non-basketball sports, linked to the Church as an official production; it’s a ...
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