{"id":15297,"date":"2012-07-17T13:03:38","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T19:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=15297"},"modified":"2016-09-30T17:06:20","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:06:20","slug":"minor-league-atheists-sponsor-baseball-game-in-st-paul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2012\/07\/minor-league-atheists-sponsor-baseball-game-in-st-paul\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor league: atheists sponsor baseball game in St. Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Really. \u00a0You can see the \u00a0billboard for the event below.<\/p>\n

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From the Washington Post:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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For one hot August night, the St. Paul Saints, a Minnesota minor league baseball team, will become the \u201cMr. Paul Aints\u201d in a game sponsored by a local atheist group.Dubbed \u201cA Night of Unbelievable Fun,\u201d the Aug. 10 game against the Amarillo Sox will include an auction of players\u2019 special \u201cAints\u201d jerseys, fireworks and a ceremonial first pitch by David Silverman, president of American Atheists.<\/p>\n

The letter \u201cS\u2019\u2019 in all Saints signs and logos around the stadium will be covered, and there are planned references to Big Foot, UFOs and other targets of the skeptical community, team officials said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe want to show that atheists can have fun,\u201d said August Berkshire, president of Minnesota Atheists, which is sponsoring the event with American Atheists a day before its regional conference in downtown St. Paul.\u201cWe picked the name not as a political statement, but just as something that was fun,\u201d Berkshire said. \u201cWe thought everybody ain\u2019t got a belief in something so it was a word everybody could relate to. Obviously, we ain\u2019t got a belief in God.\u201dOne atheist blogger wondered if the seventh inning stretch would include the singing of \u201cDog Bless America.\u201d\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But wait, there\u2019s more. There are shirts for sale:<\/p>\n

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