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:: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 ::

Thrown for a curve
I received this email today about my recent Next-Wave essay, "Contemporary Christian Baseball":

Professor Careaga,

I read your article online entitled "Contemporary Christian Baseball? [or Why should the Devil get all the good athletes?]" and I have a question: Are you serious? Because if you are, then COUNT ME IN!

I am the Sales & Marketing Manager for my father's company, Bibles-R-Us. We are a fairly young Bible and Christian literature superstore in Tennessee, and we are currently investigating unique and lucrative marketing opportunities. Could you forward to me any information you have regarding advertising within the CCB league? My father is a major league pitcher at heart, and I'm sure he'll love the idea! I look forward to hearing from you, and God bless you for what you are doing to redeem America's favorite pastime!

All I could think was: Oh. My. God.

Could someone actually think that this satirical piece was for real?

I composed this reply:

Dear _______:

Thanks for your note about "Contemporary Christian Baseball." The article was intended as satire. I apologize for any misperceptions I've caused by this article.

Grace and peace, and all God's best on your business venture. If I hear of any unique marketing ventures I'll let you know.

Andrew

P.S. - I'm not a professor (but thanks for the compliment)!

To which I received this response:

Andrew -

Thanks for your reply. Fortunately, I'm not a part of a business called "Bibles-R-Us", nor does one exist that I'm aware of. ... Your article was just so intriguing that we had to know for sure that you were joking... and boy are we glad you are.

Thanks for playing,

_______

Heh. That was a good one. She really had me going there. Talk about gullible Christians. :-)

:: Andrew 15:23 + ::
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