Foul? - FYI - baseball theme of pro-life organizations' fundraising competition - Author Abstract

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, May-June, 2003 by Dore Hollander

As America's favorite pastime entered its current spring season, a group of former and current professional baseball players and executives threw out the first pitch in a "friendly fundraising competition" to finance a "one-stop shopping educational center for pro-life individuals and organizations throughout America." (1) The Battin' 1000 campaign revolves around "teams" of contributors in each of the 30 major league baseball markets; all it takes to become a team member is a minimum contribution of $1,000, and all team members receive a sporty souvenir with a baseball theme. Standings, based on contributions, are posted monthly on the campaign's Web site; division, league and World Series winners are determined in postseason playoffs. Big winners receive trophies-donated by a "pro-life award distributor," of course. Perhaps the season will be rained out. We can only hope.

(1.) American Life League, Battin' 1000--building America's Campus for Life, 2003, <http://www.all.org/battin 1000/ index.htm>, accessed Apr. 29, 2003.

FYI is compiled and written by Dore Hollander, executive editor of Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health.