Faith binds many on Sox

The Boston Globe ^ | 8/31/2005 | Bob Hohler

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They gathered in a makeshift house of God -- a brick-walled retreat in Fenway Park otherwise reserved for postgame interviews -- and prayed for dead and dying loved ones. They prayed for American troops in hot spots abroad. And for the poor souls in the path of Hurricane Katrina.

As the Sunday baseball crowd streamed into the park less than an hour before the defending world champions played their 128th game of the season, a dozen members of the Red Sox -- the largest group of evangelical Christians on any team in Major League Baseball -- joined an equal number of coaches and staffers in sharing a bond of faith that is fast becoming the stuff of national renown among religious figures in sports.

The service was conducted by the Rev. Walt Day of Baseball Chapel, a ministry that provides all 30 major league teams with a chaplain. Moments earlier, Day had turned a stuffy storage room in the visitors clubhouse into a chapel for five Detroit Tigers.

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ilast year, Schilling was campaigning for the Bush in NH right the day after winning the world series

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[GianniV]

I can't believe that this ran in the Globe and there were no quotes buried in the article criticizing "these right-wing nuts." Most of sneaked this past the editors.

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i was surprised too. It is presented in such a positive light. i read the article just waiting for some back handed insult and was surprised when i didnt see any.

[Unam Sanctam]

Oh no, not those evil Christians! I bet they're white too, and that they're Republican and have never done an honest day's work in their lives! [cue Dean scream...]

[misterrob]

No, read the tone and you can see Hohler's attitude. He's a liberal. I have had debates with him in the past and he will always come down on the lefty side of an issue.

[misterrob]

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