Dusty Baker, who went to a spiritual healing center in Hawaii before undergoing surgery for prostate cancer in 2001, sprinkled holy water on Mark Prior's pitching elbow before the righthander's 2005 debut. Four months ago, public relations director Sharon Pannozzo gave Baker the vial of water that had been blessed by Pope John Paul II.Could someone let the Cubs' front office know:
-- Philadelphia Daily News (via SI.com)
A.> Their PR director's friends and family likely deserve a large backlog of decent gifts. ("Uh, wow. Thanks, Auntie Sharon. Another cross... Disappointed? No, I wasn't hoping for a catechism... Not at all... Not in the least... Yeah, there's room for it... I'll put this on the wall opposite last year's cross... No, no, I didn't get rid of that other cross. I keep that one, uh, in my car...)
B.> If God wanted them to win, they'd have won a World Series sometime between 1908 and 2005.
C.>They hired a manager that already blew one world series with the Giants, blew one NL championship with the Cubs, overworks his pitchers, and is PRONE TO COMMIT PROFANE ACTS IN THE CLUBHOUSE.
My high school would pray before every home game - the priest was broadcast over the PA system. The prayer was always a simple variation of "God: Thanks for the athletic talent, and, you know, life and whatnot. Please don't let anyone get hurt." If only we had Coach Baker as our principal - I would have loved to see the crowd's reaction to, "Lord, please watch over the school's star athelete. We've invested a lot of money and time in him, and if he's injured, he's no good to anyone, Yourself included. Help us humiliate our crosstown rivals, in Your name, with his arm. Amen."
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