How about those Cubs?
They beat the Cardinals to advance another step toward the World Series.
That said, today is the anniversary of the infamous Bartman incident, when a fan interfered with an out, thus extended the enemy’s inning and leading to the Cubs getting knocked off.
Meanwhile…
Coat of Arms by D Burkart
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A Daily Prayer for Priests
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on BISHOP: “Francis used a chainsaw when only a scalpel was needed.”: “My eyes popped out…and then I remembered that I have to get my Bishops Tobin straight. Almost didn’t believe my…”
on BISHOP: “Francis used a chainsaw when only a scalpel was needed.”: “I think Bishop Tobin is speaking for a good portion of the American Bishops here. What is evident to me…”
on BISHOPS! Have you ever see the pain?: “It all seems like yet another “pest” during which we should continue to pray the Stella caeli extirpavit.”
on BISHOP: “Francis used a chainsaw when only a scalpel was needed.”: “Thank you, Bishop Tobin, for having acted as a shepherd. God bless you richly! Thank you, too, to the other…”
on Baseball’s Cleveland Indians change name to… guess what….: “I was a 40+ year fan. Some of my earliest memories are Indian games. They’re dead to me.”
on Baseball’s Cleveland Indians change name to… guess what….: “So. I suppose they will yell from the stands: “TO INFINITY AND BEYOND!””
on Baseball’s Cleveland Indians change name to… guess what….: “Apparently they’re named for the iconic Guardians of Traffic on the Hope Bridge just outside the stadium. You can see…”
on 13 July: St. Ezra (Esdras), Old Testament Scribe and spectacular baroque musical weirdness: “There is some resemblance between the Pachamama (goddess of fertility, agriculture, mountains) rituals at the Vatican in 2019 and the…”
on BISHOP: “Francis used a chainsaw when only a scalpel was needed.”: “So blessed to have Bp. Tobin as my local Ordinary!”
on BISHOPS! Have you ever see the pain?: “–>”I want to know…” It is a second chance. If one has Faith, one knows that Sacred Scripture and Sacred…”
on Baseball’s Cleveland Indians change name to… guess what….: “The members of the Space Force will also be called Guardians. https://www.afa.org/publications-news/air-force-magazine/2020-12-21/-guardians–of-the-galaxy–space-force-members-get-new-name”
on BISHOPS! Have you ever see the pain?: “St. John Henry Newman’s poignant question mirrors our daily prayer, which I’ve had cause to ponder far more immediately in…”
on BISHOP: “Francis used a chainsaw when only a scalpel was needed.”: “Anyone who has eyes can see the document isn’t about certain tendencies, nor survey results. It’s about Francis’ (and others)…”
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Forget about it, what about Texas and Toronto! Wow!
If the Cubs win anything (and according to Back to the Future Part II movie, 2015 is the year when it happens), we should all go to confession because it will be a sure sign that the end of the world is near!
Go Cubs! Alou wasn’t going to catch that ball anyway. It will be sweet getting into the series by beating two hated teams. Complete redemption. Let’s play!
“Ite Catuli”? Apparently you haven’t heard or seen the phrase “Eamus Catuli”, which started out as an apparent poke at the Cubs’ legacy of futility but has since been adopted as a rallying slogan:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eamus_Catuli
The slavishy literal translation of this phrase is “Let’s go, whelps” since there allegedly was no Latin word for “bear cubs”.
bookworm: Apparently you haven’t heard or seen the phrase “Eamus Catuli”
Au contraire! HERE
My Mets in 7!
[Let’s say Cubs in 7. If the series goes long, I’ll may … may… have a chance to go to a WS game at Wrigley.]
Oops…. Forgive me Father, for I failed to read the earlier post (back when the Cubs were still consistently losing). I predict Cubs in 6 and a Series vs. KC that will be epic….
If the Cubs should win, I will be jumping on their bandwagon.
“If the series goes long, I may… may… have a chance to go to a WS game at Wrigley.”
Not just a World Series game at Wrigley, which is mind-blowing in and of itself, but a World Series game in November (Games 6 and 7, to be played at the NL team’s home field, are scheduled for Nov. 3 and 4), that could concievably experience a snow delay — Chicago had measurable snow on Halloween last year:
http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20141031/ohare/chicago-halloween-snow-is-first-measurable-snowfall-on-oct-31-on-record