We're a Muslim family, but we're also very cultured and we have a mixture of different religions. For example, my brother-in-law is Catholic, and my sister converted and my nephews are baptized. I have an uncle who just graduated and currently he's a priest.
American history and the history of baseball are bound up together: our racial politics can be described and traced through it.
And erm, perhaps looking like this it was perhaps the only thing I could do.