At that time, the St. Louis Cardinals were playing the Minnesota Twins in
the World Series. The
shalichim of the two cities happened to meet in Crown Heights and the Twin Cities
shaliach at the time, whose name I forget, told Rabbi Landa that he needed the Twins to win the Series. (Rabbi Landa understood that most likely some potential donor had said he'd give a large sum if the Twins won.) The
shaliach explained [cont'd]