{"id":24534,"date":"2013-07-08T19:47:30","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T23:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=24534"},"modified":"2016-09-30T16:03:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T20:03:21","slug":"st-louis-cardinals-ban-religious-symbol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/07\/st-louis-cardinals-ban-religious-symbol\/","title":{"rendered":"Manager Bans Religious Symbols on Pitchers Mound"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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The St. Louis Cardinals have done away with religion at Busch Stadium after a fan raised hell over Christian symbols on the pitching mound.<\/p>\n

Michael Vines, who was watching on TV, noticed what appeared to be a cross and an ichthus \u2014 better known as a Jesus fish \u2014 etched on the mound next to the cleat scraper and contacted the Riverfront Times\u2019 news blog to express his outrage.<\/p>\n

Vines, who describes himself as a lifelong Cardinals supporter, took offense to the religious images in a \u201cplace of hallowed ground not just for Christians, but for Cardinal fans of all religions, including none at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cHow come nobody\u2019s mentioning this?\u201d\u00a0he wrote the Riverfront Times<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s totally inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vines also saw a potential conflict of interest for Cardinals owners, who enjoy tax abatements while running both the team and stadium as \u201ccivic institutions,\u201d and thus shouldn\u2019t promote any specific religion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere may be Christian Cardinals who don\u2019t like it,\u201d Vine, who is Jewish, argued.<\/p>\n

Some, like ace Adam Wainwright, don\u2019t seem to mind at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve been there every time for me,\u201d\u00a0Wainwright told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about the symbols<\/a>. The paper reported that a member of the grounds crew puts the symbols on the mound before most home games and the ichthus is actually a No. 6 in honor of Cardinals Hall of Famer Stan Musuial, who died in January.<\/p>\n

Whatever the images represent, Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak has ordered that they be removed permanently.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just not club policy to be putting religious symbols on the playing field or throughout the ballpark,\u201d\u00a0Mozeliak told the Post-Dispatch<\/a>. \u201cI didn\u2019t ask for the reason behind it. I just asked for it to stop.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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