Second Coming Of Christ Scheduled For Game 7 Of Cubs-Indians World Series

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HEAVEN—In a stunning leak Monday, sources in heaven claimed to have “reliable information” that the triumphant return of Jesus Christ will occur one week from Wednesday, during a deciding Game 7 of the World Series between the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs.

Claiming that it’s “definitely happening,” sources added that the Second Coming will take place during the final inning, as one of the teams comes agonizingly close to winning the World Series.

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http://babylonbee.com/news/second-coming-christ-scheduled-game-7-cubs-indians-world-series/

Episcopal bishop of Kansas joins in friendly World Series wager

From Kansas-

When it comes to the Kansas City Royals and charity, the Right Rev. Dean E. Wolfe, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas, is a betting man.

Wolfe, whose diocese is headquartered in Topeka, has joined the bishop of the Diocese of West Missouri to challenge the bishop of the Diocese of California in a friendly World Series wager designed to raise money for local diocesan charities and share the cultural wealth of their areas with one another.

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http://cjonline.com/life/religion/2014-10-21/episcopal-bishop-kansas-joins-friendly-world-series-wager

A World Away, the Seventh Game; Close at Hand, Condemned Nazis

From The New York Times-

The Protestant minister and the Roman Catholic priest had a $10 bet riding on the 1946 World Series. The minister, a Lutheran from Missouri, went with the St. Louis Cardinals, naturally. The priest, a Franciscan from upstate New York, was a Brooklyn Dodgers fan, but he went with the Boston Red Sox to make things interesting.

These men of the cloth had earned this minor vice.

For the last 11 months, they had served as the chaplains at Nuremberg prison in Germany, offering spiritual counsel to the first Nazis to be tried for war crimes in the rubbed-raw wake of World War II. Among their flock were architects of genocide, responsible for the murder of many millions, most of them Jews.

Now it was mid-October, and this initial phase of postwar judgment was nearing its climactic end in a courts-and-prison complex called the Palace of Justice. The pastoral work of the Lutheran, the Rev. Henry Gerecke, and the Franciscan, the Rev. Sixtus O’Connor, was almost done.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/27/sports/baseball/a-world-away-the-seventh-game-close-at-hand-condemned-nazis.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0

Episcopal leaders use World Series to raise money for charity

From Peoria-

Episcopal leaders in Boston and St. Louis are using the World Series match-up between their teams to raise money for charity and boost awareness about sex trafficking and prostitution. Until the start of Game One on Wednesday, Christ Church Cathedral in St. Louis and St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral in Boston will be collecting online donations. The money in the pot will go to a non-profit in the winning city that helps victims of sex trafficking.

If the Cardinals win, that money would go to Magdalene House, a non-profit that will open a house for abused women next year. The dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Mike Kinman, is the organization’s board president.

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http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/episcopal-leaders-use-world-series-raise-money-charity

Drama king: Freese sends Cards to Game 7

The reason I'm so tired today-

Don't turn out the lights just yet. The 2011 Cardinals live to fight one more day, one last day. As though it could have been any other way.

Channeling the man for whom he was once traded, David Freese hit an 11th-inning leadoff, walk-off home run to give the Cardinals a jaw-dropping, heart-stopping 10-9 win over the Rangers in Game 6 of the World Series on Thursday night. The win forced an appropriate seventh game in one of the most entertaining and memorable Fall Classics in recent memory.

The Cardinals trailed five times in the game, including by two runs in the ninth and again in the 10th. They were down to their last strike twice, including once against Texas' flame-throwing closer, Neftali Feliz. But an irrepressible club kept coming back, and back, and back.

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http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_10_27_texmlb_slnmlb_1&mode=recap_home&c_id=stl

The Y'all Classic! Texas boots Yanks in ALCS

Yankees lose !!!! (But November Baseball?)

After 39 years in Texas and 50 years of existence, the Rangers have knocked off the defending champions and are finally on their way to their first World Series.

They had never even won a playoff series before this season, but the Rangers are now just four wins away from the ultimate dream after finishing off the Yankees with a 6-1 victory in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series on Friday night.

The Rangers now await the National League winner between the Giants and the Phillies. The Giants lead that series 3-1 with Game 6 scheduled for Saturday in Philadelphia and a possible Game 7 scheduled for Sunday.

The World Series will open on Wednesday, Oct. 27, in either San Francisco or Philadelphia, just one day after the 50th anniversary of the franchise being voted into existence as the Washington Senators on Oct. 26, 1960.

The two big blows came in the fifth inning with the game 1-1. Vladimir Guerrero hit a two-run double off of Yankees starter Phil Hughes and Nelson Cruz followed with a two-run home run. That set off a frenzy among 51,404 fans as they sensed what was almost impossible was suddenly becoming reality.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101022&content_id=15800740&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

When savoring film of Bucs' game 7, credit Bing with save

From Today's Post-Gazette-

Plenty of baseball fans leave the room when they get too nervous about a ballgame. Bing Crosby (right), who was a part-owner of the Pirates in 1960, went a little farther.

He left for Europe.

"Bing liked to be casual,'' his widow, Kathryn Crosby, explained the other day when recalling how the couple spent Oct. 13 that year. "He didn't like to get his soul wrapped around the situation, and he knew the French were cool. If things didn't go our way, he could suffer in silence.''

So the Crosbys and friends listened on short wave in a Paris apartment. When Bill Mazeroski hit the home run to win the series for the Pirates, Der Bingle bungled. He tapped a Scotch bottle against the mantel and "started a conflagration.

"For a man who's supposed to be really cool,'' Mrs. Crosby said, "he lost it completely.''

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http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10276/1091974-155.stm?cmpid=bcpanel0#ixzz11K6OHzGQ

Former Point Breeze teen still wonders about lost Mazeroski ball

Talk about a sad story - From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review-

Andy Jerpe did not see Bill Mazeroski's home run, at least the part where Maz connects with Ralph Terry's second pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning of a tied Game 7 at Forbes Field. He did not see the squat form of Yogi Berra drifting back in left-centerfield, turning to play the ball off the wall, then watching forlornly as it sailed away to give the Pirates a stunning World Series victory over the mighty New York Yankees. He did not see Mazeroski rounding the bases, joyfully waving his helmet.

What Jerpe did see nearly 50 years ago was the ball materialize from the sky like a UFO and plunk down about 15 feet to his left from where he stood amid some cherry trees outside the ballpark, adjacent to Schenley Park.

"I picked up the ball and thought, 'Huh. Somebody hit a home run,' " Jerpe recalled over the phone from his home in Greenbelt, Md., last week. "Then I could tell something major happened by the reaction of the crowd. It was almost deafening. Everything was reverberating."

It was 3:36 p.m. Oct. 13, 1960, and Andy Jerpe had history's most famous World Series home run ball — and the whole wide world — in his 14-year-old hands.

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http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_700262.html

The Feast of St. William of Mazeroski

Today is the 49th anniversary of what is arguably the most dramtic home run, if not moment, in World Series history. The Pirate's come from behind victory over the New York Yankees when, future Hall of Famer, Bill Mazeroski (with a lifetime 260. batting average) wins the game in the bottom of the ninth with a walk off home run off of Ralph Terry. We should all observe a moment of silence at 3:35 this afternoon.

For you soccer fans out there a walk off home run is one that wins the game and the batter walks off after rounding the bases.

Video is at the link but you have to provide your own sound effects.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-zjk7TeAf8

Million-plus expected for Phillies parade

The celebration continues for the Phillie's fans. For you soccer fans out there, the Philadelphia Phillies won the World Series this week. Does anyone know what the mascot (Phillie Fanatic) is?

It's OK to say the word now.
Parade!

And, oh, how we've waited for this one.

The only other time the Phillies won a World Series, in 1980, fans threw boxloads of computer punch cards and shredded paper from office windows onto Broad Street.

Today, you're more likely to see water-soluble, eco-friendly confetti flying around.

Police expect more than a million people to converge on Center City to watch the Phillies take their noontime victory ride on flatbed trucks from 20th and Market Streets, around City Hall, and down Broad Street to Citizens Bank Park.

An hour-long rally at the ballpark, expected to begin at 1:45 p.m., will be telecast live to fans across the street at Lincoln Financial Field. Gates at both stadiums will open at 10 a.m., but only fans with tickets will be allowed in. The free tickets were snapped up within an hour of becoming available on the Phillies' Web site yesterday.

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_left_story/20081031_Million-plus_expected_for_Phillies_parade.html

World Series: Phils Win

It took three days to complete nine innings of baseball after the rain suspended Game 5, but in the end, it was all worth it, because the Phillies defeated the Rays in five games to win the 2008 World Series. Pedro Feliz delivered the go-ahead run in the seventh that sealed the clincher.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_10_27_tbamlb_phimlb_1

World Series Game 5 to be played Wednesday

Game 5 of the 2008 World Series will not resume Tuesday due to inclement weather, Major League Baseball announced. Game 5 is now tentatively scheduled to resume on Wednesday evening at 8:37 p.m. ET, weather permitting.

In a statement, Commissioner Bud Selig said: "While obviously we want to finish Game Five as soon as possible, the forecast for today does not allow for us to continue the game this evening.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081028&content_id=3650918&vkey=ps2008news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

World Series Game 5: Suspended in the sixth- Rays 2, Phils 2

Further signs of the impending Apocalypse - game five of the World Series is suspended because of rain. They'll get it in some time. For you soccer fans out there baseball is the only major sport that's not on the clock.

For the first time in Major League Baseball history, a World Series game has been suspended. Rain halted Game 5 of the Fall Classic in the bottom of the sixth inning on Monday night when the field at Citizens Bank Park was deemed unplayable.

The tarpaulin was pulled across the infield at 10:40 p.m. ET, with the Phillies and Rays tied, 2-2. There is no set time when it is expected to be removed. That is a matter that only Mother Nature can answer -- not the Phillies, the Rays or even the office of the Commissioner.

The unprecedented situation creates at least one more night in the tale of the 2008 Major League season. With more inclement weather forecast for the Philadelphia area, a resumption time remains indefinite. At the directive of Commissioner Bud Selig, the game will be resumed "when weather conditions are deemed appropriate."

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World Series Game 4: Phils 10 -Rays 2

Philly is on the verge of winning it all. In Game four even their pitcher Joe Blanton (shown chugging home) had a home run. For you soccer fans out there, pitchers tend not to be very good hitters although no one is sure why.

This is the moment every player imagines when he arrives at spring training in February.
This is the motivation he uses through a grueling six-month season.

"The goal is to play and win a World Series," lefthander Jamie Moyer said last night at Citizens Bank Park, where the Phillies mashed four home runs to beat the Tampa Bay Rays, 10-2, in Game 4. "And now we're one win away from that. Talk about motivation."

The Phillies have a lead of three games to one in the best-of-seven series, with Cole Hamels on the mound tonight for Game 5. It couldn't set up any better, and Philadelphia knows it. The city is abuzz as the Phillies are on the cusp of winning their first World Series championship since 1980, and just their second in the franchise's 126 seasons.

One more win and the city will celebrate its first major sports championship since the 76ers won the NBA title in 1983.

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20081027_Phillies_beat_Rays_in_Game_4.html

World Series Game 3: Phils 5- Rays 4

The first pitch wan't thrown until after 10 PM because of a rain delay but the Phils win a close one with a run in the bottom of the ninth to take a one game lead in the World Series.


But in the eighth, with the Phils up by 4-3, Upton legged out an infield single on a slow bouncer to shortstop Jimmy Rollins. Then, in a flash, Upton stole second and third bases on back-to-back pitches against Madson, who did a poor job of holding him on.

Upton took second without a throw. Then he stole third and kept going, coming across to score an unearned run when catcher Carlos Ruiz's low throw deflected off third baseman Pedro Feliz for an error.

It marked the second and third stolen bases for the game for Upton, making him the first American League player to steal three bases in a single World Series game. It marked the fourth time overall that one player had three steals, and the first since Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals did it in 1968.

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20081026_Upton_undoes_pen_s_success.html

Game 2- Rays 4, Phillies 2

The Rays took an early lead and Upton showed up to play as the series is now tied at one game a piece. Carlos Ruiz holds on to the ball for a great play at the plate in the second. For you soccer fans out there the series ends when one team wins four games.


The Rays showed a lot Thursday night. B.J. Upton rebounded from his poor opener to have a hand in their first three runs. James Shields proved worthy of his nickname of "Big Game" with a stellar start when they needed it most. David Price displayed that well-beyond-his-years ability to get the biggest outs at the end of the game. And the Rays showed again they could come back from a big loss with a bigger win, beating the Phillies 4-2 in Game 2 to even the best-of-seven World Series at a game apiece. "I think we showed what we showed the whole season," Cliff Floyd said. "This is how we play. I'm hoping at the end of the season nobody has a heart attack around here because it's just so intense, so tight. Every situation comes up — eighth inning, ninth inning, there's always something going on with us." Thursday that meant taking a 4-0 lead without really hitting the ball hard (seven hits, all singles), scoring on two groundouts; a single on which the trail runner was thrown out at the plate, and a safety squeeze to score Floyd, 35.

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/baseball/rays/article868723.ece

World Series- Phillies open with victory

The Phillies win a squeeker in Tampa Bay. For you soccer fans out there this is the first world series game Philadelphia has won since 1993.

There is no telling how this journey will end, but this is the start a championship-starved franchise and city had been searching and hoping and praying for.
The Phillies waited 15 years, and seven long days, to play again in the World Series. They didn't disappoint as Cole Hamels and Chase Utley seized the moment in a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field.

Hamels continued to elevate his status as one of the best big-game pitchers in Phillies history. Utley came through with a two-run home run in the first inning to silence a boisterous crowd.

"Maybe he doesn't even realize where he is right now," lefthander Jamie Moyer said of Hamels. "But at some point he will."

"If you want to take the wind out of the sails and shut up the cowbells, get some home runs," manager Charlie Manuel said of Utley. "That will do it. Except at Citizens Bank Park. If you hit enough there they ring the bell. They ring the Liberty Bell."

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/20081023_Phillies_open_with_victory.html

Its the Rays and the Phillies in The World Series

Tampa Bay Rays beat Boston Red Sox 3-1 in Game 7 to advance to World Series.

When the biggest game in franchise history ended Sunday night, the Tampa Bay Rays sprinted in from all areas of Tropicana Field -- from their positions, from their dugout, from their bullpen -- and converged on pitcher David Price.

Flashbulbs popped. The sellout crowd of 40,473 screamed, clapped and rang cowbells. It was a celebration few people thought possible when the season began.

Led by the power pitching of Matt Garza, Price's relief work and timely hitting from Evan Longoria, Rocco Baldelli and Willy Aybar, the Rays had defeated the Boston Red Sox 3-1 in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series and catapulted themselves into their first World Series.

"For us to beat them under these circumstances is really special," Rays Manager Joe Maddon said, close to tears at his postgame news conference.

For you soccer fans out there the World Series is seven games and starts Wednesday.

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http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orl-alcs2008oct20,0,7920486.story