Kopp Disclosure
(John 3:19-21)
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Because I'm not
superstitious, I've been saying the Cubs and Yankees will be in this year's
World Series.
I've been saying
it since March.
Why?
Theo Epstein.
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Theo Epstein
became the youngest General Manager in MLB history in 2002.
The Boston Red
Sox hired him at 28.
With him at the
helm, the Red Sox won their first World Series in nearly 90 years in 2004.
They did it again
in 2007.
Before the 2004
season, Epstein said the Red Sox were ready to take the flag from the Yankees.
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Before Epstein
arrived in the backyard of the Kennedys, Red Sox fans were as pessimistic about
their prospects as Cubs fans.
They felt cursed
by their 1919 trade of Babe Ruth to the Yankees.
Having none of
that kinda talk, the Epstein-led beantowners came back from a 0-3 best-of-seven
deficit to beat the Yankees in the 2004 ALCS before sweeping the Cardinals in
that year's World Series.
Epstein was a
Yankees-killer because he defeated the Curse
of the Bambino.
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Epstein resigned
from the Red Sox in 2011 to become President of the Cubs.
The Cubs play the
Pirates on Wednesday to advance in postseason play on the way to playing the
Yankees in this year's World Series.
The Cubs will win
the World Series because Epstein is a curse-killer and the Curse of the Billy Goat is
like a BB gun compared to the heavy artillery of the Curse of the Bambino previously
dispatched by Theo.
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Parenthetically,
the Curse of the Billy Goat goes
back to 1945 when Billy Goat Tavern owner Billy Sianis was asked to leave a
World Series game against the Detroit Tigers because his pet goat was stinky
and bothering fans.
While I can't
find out why the goat was allowed into the park in the first place - maybe it's
kinda like Rahm being Chicago's current stinker - Sianis was ticked and cursed
the Cubs: "Them Cubs ain't gonna win no more."
And so it has
been...until Epstein said before this season, like he did with the Red Sox
before the 2004 schedule, that the Cubs are ready to win.
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Of course, I
don't believe in that kinda superstitious sideline stuff.
I'm a Christian.
I believe
"the Spirit in us is greater than the spirit in the world."
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Yet, uh, I have
this undefeated sweatshirt that I wear to my son's high school football games;
and they haven't lost since I took it out of the closet after their last
loss...and stopped trimming my facial hair...and started wearing those puke
dark green slacks...and those work shoes...and...
Word has gotten
out.
Before the last
two really, really, really big games, one of the players asked, "You're
gonna wear that sweatshirt, aren't you?"
I did...along
with the slacks and shoes and unkempt facial hair.
They won.
Then they won
again.
They have never
lost when I've worn that...
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I don't believe
in sideline superstitions; except
for, uh, you know, uh...
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Epstein doesn't
believe in 'em; and look what he did for the Red Sox and what he's about to
complete for the Cubs.
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On the other
hand,...
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I'm reminded of
two conversations.
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Dr. Wolfgang Lowe
was my theology professor in Heidelberg.
Growing
increasingly irritated by my questions in class back in 1973, he blurted out,
"Unfortunately, Herr Kopp, we are not all omniscient."
True.
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An older pastor
said to a younger pastor, "The difference between you and me is I know I'm
a hypocrite."
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Sooooooo I'll be wearing
that sweatshirt and shoes and slacks and not trimming my facial hair for my
son's next game.
If they lose -
the Chicago Cubs or Belvidere Bucs - I'll say I was wrong and ask God's
forgiveness.
If they win, I'll
be wearing...
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Blessings and Love!
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