“Many fans are down on their knees asking God to be Dusty Baker’s co-pilot through the National League Championship Series (and – dare we hope? – the World Series). But just how far should a long-suffering Cubs backer go in seeking divine assistance? Is it OK to plead with God to smite the Florida Marlins with a plague of pitching wildness and fielding errors – and maybe gnats, flies, locusts and boils?”