Evangelicals take credit for Tampa Bay playoff berth

Tampa Bay, after 9 years as the Devil Rays, changed their name this year to the Rays, and the results have been astounding. The team has won over 90 games and is headed to the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

“You wanna talk about opportunity?” Smithers asked. “You want to talk about God showing you the light and saying, ‘Walk down this road, and you’ll be taken care of?’ Well, this is it. Check it, if you’re the New Jersey Devils, you’ve got to be thinking about how many Stanley Cup Titles you can guarantee yourself by changing your team name.”

Smithers says that he’d like many other teams to change their names in accordance with God’s wishes.

“God wants us all to have clean names,” Smithers said. “Take my name. It’s clean. Pure. Christian. From the bible. It’s perfect.”

Smithers also indicated that he thinks many other teams whose names don’t directly address Satan should still think about changing their name, like the Utah Jazz.

“Jazz is the devil’s soundtrack,” Smithers said. “Also, I have a problem with the name ‘Patriots.’ How can you love God if you love your country so much?”

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Labels: christianity, evangelicals, God, MLB, MLB Playoffs, New England Patriots, New Jersey Devils, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Tampa Bay Rays, team names, Utah Jazz

Posted on September 24th, 2008

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