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  • Cardinals’ Plane Delayed at Airport Terminal

    Today has not been the best for the St. Louis Cardinals. Instead of traveling problem-free to Boston for Game 6 of the World Series, the players spent extra hours at an airport delaying their arrival into the Boston area. In fact, several hours were spent aboard the plane while the team members were forced to wait for mechanical problems to be sorted.

    While there is no specific word on what led to the mechanical problems, the St. Louis area experienced heavy rain on Tuesday.

    Manager Mike Matheny explained that the players waited on the runway without specific word on when the plane would be able to depart. However, fans of the team should not feel disheartened that the delay interfered with practice time. Tuesday was expected to be an off day for practicing.

    However, the delay was used as an excuse for some people on Twitter to poke fun at the team’s predicament.

    It appears that team members took the delay (and the teasing) in stride. Michael Wacha, who is reported to start Game 6 for St. Louis, said that his teammates were using the delay to relax and watch movies. You know, to get their heads in the game!

    [Image Via Facebook]

  • Cardinals Defeat Dodgers, Advance to World Series

    Fans of the St. Louis Cardinals are cheering today. Game 6 of the NL championship series proved fruitful for the St. Louis Cardinals as the team advanced to the World Series after defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers, which grosses the second highest payroll within the league with an astonishing combined total of $220 million (9-0). This win serves as the 19th NL pennant for the Cardinals, where the team will go on to compete against either the Boston Red Sox or the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday for Game 1 of the World Series.

    Carlos Beltran shared his enthusiasm over his team’s win. “I’m so happy right now. We did it as a team. We fought hard, we worked hard all season long and thank god we’re here,” he said.

    The game was won, in part, due to the incredible pitching skills of relative newbie Michael Wacha (who was the 19th pick in the 1st round of the 2012 amateur draft).

    Starter Joe Kelly had nothing but positive things to say about right-handed Michael Wacha. “There’s not anything you can’t say about him [Michael Wacha]. He’s just going out there and pitching his butt off right now and as you can see he’s just a pretty damn good pitcher,” Joe Kelly said.

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    Though there are high expectations for the team, fans of the Cardinals stick by their players through thick and thin, even through the loss of Game 5 and now the win of Game 6.

    [Images Via Facebook Page For the St. Louis Cardinals]

  • The Pope’s Twitter Account to Be Put on Ice, Not Shuttered

    Despite earlier reports that Pope Benedict’s resignation means curtains for the official @Pontifex Twitter account, it looks like the account will stay alive while the Papal Conclave selects his replacement.

    At least according to the Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Paul Tighe.

    “During the period between today and the election of new pope the account will be inactive…not shut down,” Tighe told Forbes.

    According to Tighe, the Twitter account will be kept on ice so that the next pope can determine whether or not he wants to continue the social media communications unveiled under Benedict.

    “Obviously we leave all decisions to the new man. But we would hope that he might continue to use @pontifex, which would maintain continuity,” he said.

    The Pope first started tweeting out his daily messages on December 12th of last year, and has currently sent 39 tweets and amassed nearly 1.6 million followers (english language).

    We recently learned that the 117 Cardinals, whose job it is to select the next pope, will be barred from all Twitter use. This shouldn’t surprise anyone, considering the secrecy of the Papal Conclave – all outside communications will be restricted. It really should matter that much, as only 9 out of the 117 Cardinals even operate personal Twitter accounts.

  • Cardinals Barred from Twitter Use as They Select the New Pope

    Twitter-using Cardinals are going to have to shutter their devices when they all convene to select a new Pope to replace the outgoing Benedict XVI.

    The 117 Cardinals who will participate in the upcoming Papal Conclave will be barred from tweeting the moment they sit down to make the decision. Like a sequestered jury, the Cardinals will be prohibited from have access with the outside world – and this of course includes Twitter.

    According to the Catholic News Service, only 9 of the 117 “red-vested princes of the church who are eligible to vote for a new pope” operate Twitter accounts. They range in influence from small to large (in terms of followers). For instance, Spanish Cardinal Lluis Martinez Sistach of Barcelona has just over 2,000 followers.

    On the other hand Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who was named Archbishop of New York by Pope Benedict,has over 81,000 followers and is an very active Twitter presence.

    Twitter hit the Vatican in a big way in December, as Pope Benedict himself began tweeting his daily messages to millions of followers.

    Some Cardinals have already been tweeting about the situation and the upcoming vote.

    It looks like Cardinal Mahony and a few others will have to silence their Twitter-thumbs for at least a few days (maybe) in March.

    [Catholic News Service]