Shame on Alou, Shame on Fox Sports, Shame on Stuart Scott

All of the above made a fan, who was one among many grabbing for a foul ball, in the eighth inning of last night's National Leauge Championship Game, the scapegoat for what happened later in that inning. What a crock! The fan had nothing to do with the Cubs loss, I repeat nothing! The score was 3-0 before the fan touched the ball, it was still 3-0 after the interference. The pitcher Mark Prior could still have struck out Alex Gonzalez, but instead he walked him--so you could blame him. But the real culprit, if I were a Cubs fan would have been the Cubs SS who committed an incredibly costly error--that could have ended the inning with the Cubs still leading the game. He gets paid to play the game, his play did result directly in the Marlins ultimately winning the game, so why isn't he being made the real "goat" of the game?



If anything happens to the fan who interferred with the game, someone who has probably been a Cubs fan all of their lives, criminal charges should be brought against all those who have made him out to be the reason the Cubs lost last night. The disgrace of making a paying fan the excuse for losing is reason enough in my mind why the Cubs have no place winning not last night or any night.



I am a Marlins fan, btw.

Taking Bets on Who Will Be the Next Pope



The Irish...



Paddy Power: Online betting on the Rugby World Cup, Soccer, Horse Racing, The Premiership and Lotteries



The Favorites....



Tettamanzi...2-1

Ortega y Alamino...4-1 (The Cuban Cardinal???)

Arinze...6-1

Battista Re...7-1



Note: An Italian is the odds on favorite!

Last Chance to Save Terri?



From Times Against Humanity



Lawyers will seek a divorce from her philandering husband who wants her dead.

Pope Unable to Speak?

FromAiling Pope John Paul II struggles for words:



"An ailing Pope John Paul II did not speak during an audience with Uruguayan President Jorge Batlle, as a visiting senior Polish prelate said the head of the Roman Catholic Church was 'suffering' but would not give up.



After private talks lasting 15 minutes with Batlle, the Uruguayan president's 10-strong delegation was ushered into the pope's library.



The 83-year-old church leader, who suffers from the debilitating Parkinson's disease, did not appear in good shape and did not say a single word to the delegation.



Delegation members were however able to kiss the hand of Jean Paul II, who gave them a medal marking the 25th anniversary of his election this week."

The Luminous Mysteries and the Reform of the Church

Last year, when the media kept running stories complaining about the Holy Father not speaking out about the clergy abuse scandals in the U.S. , many missed the key moment when he acted decisively seeking to stem the tide of scandal and darkness sweeping the world and the church. In October he surprised everyone with new mysteries of the rosary and declared a "year of the rosary". Since praying the luminous mysteries, I have found in them a call to reform both personal and collectively to the Church.



I have a free pamphlet that I will send to anyone who sends a self-addressed stamped envelope to me and requests the pamphlet to:

Michael Dubruiel

Our Sunday Visitor

200 Noll Plaza

Huntington, IN 46750



I will also post the contents of the pamphlet at my homepage in the next day or so.

Full Story Below (Under Orthodox Catholic Priest Being Sent into Exile)

I know the priest in question.



When have you heard a Vicar General say this to a priest? And if you know that Pasquini is very pious and orthodox it makes evenless sense:



From St. Juliana priest asked to transfer:



"When Pasquini pressed Notabartolo about what was going on, Notabartolo explained that Pasquini's homilies were poor, he didn't show enough devotion to Mass, he was not equipped to be a priest and would never be a pastor in the diocese."



I think the key to understanding this "exile" is this from the same Palm Beach Post story:



Last year, as head of the diocesan Right to Life office, Pasquini wrote an editorial in The Florida Catholic that complained about a subculture of gay priests and accused the church of cronyism and favoritism.

The Gator's Rollercoaster Ride Continues...

The fact that they played so well this past Saturday, just makes the losses that they've suffered at home even worst.



From Yahoo! Sports:



"the emotional ride continues for Florida (4-3, 2-2 Southeastern Conference). Last week, many fans were grumbling, wondering if Zook was overmatched by the job and worrying that the Gators might not get the six wins they needed to make a bowl.



This week, Florida is talking about the SEC title, a notion that seemed laughable only a few days ago. Halfway through the conference season, Florida is one game behind Georgia in the SEC East with the Bulldogs still on the schedule. Florida's next game is at No. 11 Arkansas, a 10-3 loser at home to Auburn on Saturday.



``The door was never shut in our eyes,'' said Zook, who last week repeated several times that seven of the last eight years, a team with two conference losses has played in the title game.



How long the Gators can keep the door open, however, is a mystery, especially considering they haven't had a winning or a losing streak this year; they've won every other game.

But at least for one day, the swagger was back. "