Pat should start with smaller predictions to build his credibility, like:
I predict John Smith at 112 Maple St., in Detroit, Michigan, on a partly cloudy morning with a chance of showers in the afternoon, will eat two bowls of Wheaties for breakfast on June 23, 2008, followed by an adequate bowel movement, while chickadees chatter on his maple tree, and the Yankees lose their third game in a row.
If he gets that right, give me the winner of the third race at Arlington and I’ll seriously listen.
How about...”When the Chicago Cubs are leading 10 to 5 with 2 outs and 2 stikes in the ninth inning and are about to win their first World series in a hundred years, Christ will return triumphantly putting an end to the game as well as all evil off the face of the Earth.”
Yu can bet there will be disgruntled Chicago fans, even Christian ones who will sigh...”Couldn’t he have waited 5 minutes more!?”