A while back I wrote a post titled " Baseball And God" in which I had some fun with Baseball's devotion to spirituality. The problem as I saw it is that God is not a baseball fan - God is a football fan.
That being the case I wonder whether or not it is time for Baseball to seek an alliance with the Devil. There are good reasons for doing so . The Devil is no stranger to sin and would be very forgiving of Baseball's steroid scandal. The Devil has access to some fantastic prices on Skoal chewing tobacco. No matter what rule is broken , the player's could always claim , " the devil made me do it".
The problem with this proposal is that any alliance with the Devil has a price. He would demand countless souls as attendance records were broken, the Indians won the World Series, The Cubs won a pennant, the Yankee's raised ticket prices and still sold out, the player's bulked up and nobody cared. But whose soul?
That would be a negotiable issue between the owner's and the Player's union. Negotiable? Hardly! Complete stalemate!
Actually the question of whose soul would be at stake is easy to answer. Baseball is the soul of America. There is no way America would make a deal with the Devil. After all, its motto is " In God We Trust". Sacrificing Baseball to the Devil is off the table but it was worth exploring.
Breaking news! The Devil released a statement that he has no interest in an alliance with Baseball. He's a hockey fan and the pickings are greater in the NHL.
More breaking news! The Cleveland Indians have retired Chief Wahoo and renamed the team, the Cleveland Devils. You just can't trust the Devil
Still more beaking news! Cleveland sports teams have no soul - ask the fans. Even Devils make bad deals.
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