The spirituality of the 2013 Red Sox

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“As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake—for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, ‘Follow me and I will make you fish for people.’ And immediately they left their nets and followed him.” — Mark 1:16-18

Back in 2004, I was still in seminary studying to become an Episcopal priest. Even though I’m from Massachusetts originally, I decided to try something new and so went to the Episcopal seminary in New York City.

And so, I was living in Manhattan when the 2004 Red Sox did their thing. The bloody sock. Dave Roberts’ steal. Manny. Papi. Pedro. Curt. The rest of The Idiots. The incomprehensible comeback over the Yankees. The four-game sweep of the Cardinals. The first Red Sox World Series championship in years and years, and the end of the Curse. Writing it all down still gives me chills. It was unreal. The morning after the Red Sox won that last game in St. Louis, when my seminary classmates went down to chapel for worship in the heart of Yankees territory, the 15-foot statue of Jesus has a Red Sox cap on. To this day, no one has admitted to being the perpetrator of that act of nonviolent resistance...

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