God wants the Cincinnati Reds to win the World Series.There is NO doubt that Schleimacher would want the Cincinnati Reds to win the World Series.It is a city of German immigrants. By the 1850's, in Cincinnati, the German language was used in four newspapers, in all church school classes, for sermons at church, and in transactions at banks and stores. It must then follow that God wants the Cincinnati Reds to win the world Series.

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In City of God, book xiv, chapter x, St. Augustine speaks of "that higher felicity which is enjoyed by the most blessed angels."

Some might argue on this basis that God favors the California Angels. God forbid. This is not so.

It is rather an indication of God's anointing upon the City of Angels, under the protection of our blessed Lady, the Queen of Angels.

This is confirmed in the Book of Nature. For if God were not a Dodger fan, then why else would the sky be blue?

But this year, God has smitten the Dodgers, because of their unholy alliance with the house of Murdoch.

Nonetheless, God has sworn an everlasting covenant with the holy team.

By the intercession of Our Lady, by next season, may God restore God's chosen Dodgers to righteousness.

This year, God will have to be satisfied with a resounding defeat of the Yanks, by whatsoever army God might raise up. For God has a preferential option for the poor. And the first shall be last, etc.

In his letter to the Exiles (also known as the Texas Rangers), the prophet Jeremiah conveyed the Lord's message to His people:
"For I know the plans I have for you - plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. " So it is prophesied! The exiles have hope and a future.

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It's got to be the Padres, as uk army chaplains are universally known.

[As a Red Sox fan, that would also be proof that miracles can happen ... ]

At the eschaton the Chicago Cubs will win the World Series. This will be a demonstration of redemptive suffering.

Glenn is correct. When the Cubbies win hell will freeze over.

Tom Gibson

Why, the team of the Seraphic Father, of course: God's pulling for the San Francisco Giants!!! :-D

JC Fisher

[As I type, leading the D-backs 4-1, top of the 7th. Our Magic Number is 2! :-)]

An aside: Good Lord, being a Giants' fan, lo my 48 years, has taught me the patience and long-suffering of a saint... O_o

Jesus said, "the last shall be first and the first shall be last." In the Torah, there are many laws about taking care of the poor, the widow and the orphan, or as they say in my church, the least and the lost. In the prophets, Israel is condemned over and over for not following these laws. Clearly God has concern for the last, the least and the lost. As the Orioles are among the last, the least and the lost, it is obvious that God wants them to be among the first and win the World Series.