Baseball: A Great Metaphor for Church

In his commentary "On the Meaning of Baseball" in the excellent online journal The Curator published by International Arts Movement, Michael Toscano writes about the metaphor of baseball:

Simply put, baseball has a visible level—a physical dimension viewable
by all, even cynics—and an invisible level—a metaphorical dimension
experienced by fans only (often on the subconscious level) which is
unknown to cynics; especially empirical statisticians. If baseball is a
body, the rules are the bones and flesh, and story is the blood. Only
together does it have fullness and its fullness can only be found in
fandom.

What he writes about baseball can apply to the church as well.  If Church is a body, the rules are the bones and flesh, and the story is the blood.  Only together does it have fullness and its fullncess can only be found in participation with the story.

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