Who says that there's no overlap between baseball and the Episcopal Church ? (I was 16 before I realized the final line of the Star Spangled banner wasn't "Play Ball"!) For you soccer fans out there the National Anthem has been sung before every Major League baseball game since 1918. Would you please rise and gentleman remove your hats...It began at a Havertown sushi bar, where he confessed his dream to a parishioner. Then, last November, his adoring congregation celebrated his 10th anniversary as rector of St. David's Episcopal Church in Wayne by surprising him with the chance to realize his dream.
Tonight at Citizens Bank Park, before the Phillies match bats with the Atlanta Braves, the Rev. Frank Allen's dream will come true when he sings the national anthem. "I couldn't be more thrilled," says Allen. "I'm very patriotic and I'm a baseball nut."
Story here -
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/20080513_Faithful_to_Phillies_.html
video here-
http://www.philly.com/philly/video/18876904.html
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