Saint Sebastian Saint Sebastian. The belief that Saint Sebastian was a defense against the plague was a medieval addition to his reputation, which largely accounts for the enormous increase in his importance in the Late Middle Ages. The connection of the martyr shot with arrows with the plague is not an intuitive one, however. In Greco-Roman myth, Apollo, the archer god, at times destroys his enemies by shooting plague-arrows from the heavens, but is also the deliverer from pestilence; the figure of Sebastian Christianizes this folkloric association. Similar metaphors for divine displeasure occur in the Hebrew Bible. The hopeful example of Sebastian
Flint Arrows for 1950 was Edwin Little with 17. On , the Arrows had a single digit attendance with two fans watching their game according to the 1952 "Sporting News Baseball Guide". The Flint Journal reported that the team averaged 370 attendees in 1951 and struggled financially. The Arrows ended operations, along with the entire Central League, after the 1951 season. The Arrows were the last professional baseball team based in Flint. The Arrows played at Atwood Stadium, located at 701 west 3rd Avenue. Atwood Stadium is still in use today. It is owned by Kettering University, was renovated in 2015, and