Weekend Caption Contest™ Winners (Wizbang)

This week's Weekend Caption Contest™ was another home run. There really were too many good entries to choose just six... Being a (nearly) life-long Padre fan it wasn't hard for me to pick a winner, I suppose it was just good fortune that most of you chose it as well. Anyway, the assignment this week was to caption the following picture:

Members of the Catholic Church enter the stadium prior to Pope Benedict XVI celebrating a Mass at Nationals Park in Washington April 17, 2008. (Jason Reed/Reuters)

Here are the winning entries:

1) (vader06) - "And the Padre's Take the Field!!! Play Ball!!"

2) (Neoluddite) - "On Friday, a photo of Pope Benedict's visit to the Nationals' Ballpark was incorrectly captioned as a rally for Senator Obama's presidential campaign. The Times regrets the error."

3) (Peter F.) - "Ohhhhh, say that's what's meant by 'If you build it, He will come'."

4) (fustian) - "The super delegates are a little full of themselves this year."

5) (No One of Consequence) - "After months of research, the assemblage of priests and religious scholars delivers the bad news to Cubs fans: Hell has not yet frozen over"

6) (Jeff) - "As the team from the Vatican takes the field, they anxiously look around for "Morganna, The Kissing Bandit" they have heard so much about..."

The Readers Choice Award this week went to vader06's winning entry. The next highest vote total was for this worthy caption:

(Dave thA) - "And Now, the LIONS!"

That's it for this weekend. As always, a new edition of the Wizbang Weekend Caption Contest™ will debut Friday morning.

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Comments (5)

Very funny. All of them. ww... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by WildWillie | April 21, 2008 7:19 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

WildWillie:

Very funny. All of them. ww

Posted on April 21, 2008 07:19

Had I been judging this one... (Below threshold)

2. Posted by Jay Tea | April 21, 2008 7:45 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Jay Tea:

Had I been judging this one, Dave thA would have taken all three of the top prizes. 4, 5, and 6 would have been fustian's, Jeff's, and Neoluddite's.

Dave, it was just THAT tasteless.

Posted on April 21, 2008 07:45

I'm still expecting reality... (Below threshold)

3. Posted by Dave thA | April 21, 2008 10:26 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Dave thA:

I'm still expecting reality TV to get there soon.

There is only so much American Idol and shows about flipping houses the public can take...

Posted on April 21, 2008 10:26

Ugh! You gave first prize ... (Below threshold)

4. Posted by Jim in Cleveland | April 21, 2008 1:46 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)

Jim in Cleveland:

Ugh! You gave first prize to someone who doesn't know how to use an apostrophe!

Posted on April 21, 2008 13:46

I would have had to withdra... (Below threshold)

5. Posted by Peter F. | April 21, 2008 5:45 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Peter F.:

I would have had to withdraw my co-editor status at Wizbang Sports had I not had at least one caption chosen. The shame would have been too great to bear.

Thanks for humoring this hack.

Posted on April 21, 2008 17:45

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