A holy ghost in the story of Ben Zobrist, the Chicago Cubs' World Series MVP?
You bet!
On Twitter last night (or was it early this morning?), CNN Religion Editor Daniel Burke offered insight on the Cubs' righteous dude:
Ben Zobrist almost followed his father into the ministry but decided to try out for some @Mlb scouts.
How's that for a curse-breaker?
Of course, Zobrist's devoted Christian background is not news to faithful GetReligion readers or — presumably — Kansas City Royals fans.
We wrote about this last year when Zobrist helped lead another team to baseball's Promised Land.
A year later, the Kansas City Star's terrific piece on Zobrist the baseball player — and the man of faith — still makes for great reading.
Some of the crucial background from that story: