Captured in Time
The 7th Inning Stretch—A Brother's Idea
When the students got restless,
Brother Jasper had them on their feet.
The long winter is past us now, and if we open our mental windows high enough, we’ll hear the crack of the bat and behold the emerald-green infield grass.
Baseball returns to North America again, and proffers a good opportunity for a history lesson—or reminder—regarding Lasallian legacy.
Some baseball historians attribute the 7th inning stretch to our own Brother Jasper of Mary (Brennan) of Manhattan College in 1882. Brother Jasper was both the baseball coach and the prefect of discipline, and when the restless and fidgety students of Manhattan College were supposed to be behaving themselves in the stands as their school played a semi-pro team in NYC that year, Brother Jasper found a solution to the problem. It worked, and we’ve been doing it ever since...but for non-disciplinary reasons!
If you know more about this photo you would like to share, contact Brother Joe Grabenstein (La Salle University Archives) at grabenst@lasalle.edu
