New York's Cardinal Dolan says pray for Yankees ahead of World Series Game 3: 'Not looking too good'

The New York Yankees caput into Game 3 of the World Series already down 2 games to nary against the Los Angeles Dodgers, making Monday nighttime astatine Yankee Stadium a must-have to get backmost into the series. 

Some fans whitethorn beryllium praying for the Yankees to notch a triumph successful the Fall Classic, and they mightiness person been astatine St. Patrick’s Cathedral successful Manhattan during Sunday wide doing truthful astatine the absorption of New York Archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan. 

Dolan was astatine the celebrated cathedral wherever helium closed his wide by saying Monday marked the Fest of St. Jude, who conscionable truthful happens to beryllium "the patron saint of intolerable causes."

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Cardinal Timothy Dolan visits "Fox & Friends" astatine Fox News Channel Studios connected March 29, 2024 successful New York City.  (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

Dolan, then, was joking a spot erstwhile helium told his parish to caput backmost to St. Jude’s shrine for the Yankees. 

"His shrine is successful the precise backmost determination if you privation to airy a candle for the Yankees — due to the fact that it’s not looking excessively good," Dolan said, per the New York Post.

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Monday nighttime marks the archetypal clip successful 15 years a World Series crippled was played astatine Yankee Stadium, the past being a triumph implicit the Philadelphia Phillies to seizure the franchise’s 27th satellite title.

But the squad was surely hoping to beryllium successful a amended presumption than they are now, arsenic the Dodgers defeated them successful Game 2, 4-2, to instrumentality a commanding 2-0 pb aft a thrilling Game 1 walk-off expansive slam by Freddie Freeman successful the bottommost of the 10th inning.

Dolan, though, wasn’t the lone 1 invoking spiritual tactics to assistance retired the Yankees successful immoderate mode New Yorkers could. 

Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, who is the enforcement vice president of the New York Board of Rabbis, noted helium volition besides beryllium praying for the Yankees.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Mayor Eric Adams be 2024 Annual Columbus Day parade connected 5th Avenue. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

However, being from Boston, Potasnik has a antithetic mode of praying. 

"I volition connection a supplication for the Yankees arsenic a Boston Red Sox fan," helium said, via The Post. "I connection a supplication arsenic an look of forgiveness for what they did to america each these years."

Since the Yankees’ World Series triumph successful 2009, the Red Sox person been capable to telephone themselves champions successful 2013 and 2018, portion New York has been scratching and clawing to get the accidental to adhd to their storied history. 

Meanwhile, the Dodgers, winners of the World Series successful the shortened COVID-19 play successful 2020, are successful the presumption each squad dreams of by taking some games astatine location to commencement disconnected the series. 

Los Angeles would emotion to get the occupation done successful this eastbound seashore travel to the Bronx, wherever 3 games are presently scheduled from Monday-Wednesday.

But Wednesday’s contention whitethorn not beryllium needed if the Dodgers were to propulsion disconnected a expanse successful the World Series.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan visits "Fox & Friends" astatine Fox News Channel Studios connected March 29, 2024 successful New York City.  (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

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The captious Game 3 matchup, which volition diagnostic Clarke Schmidt for the Yankees connected the mound against Walker Buehler for the Dodgers, is acceptable for 8:08 p.m. archetypal transportation connected FOX.   

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