After 62 frustrating years it took a predicted act of God to give the city of Cleveland its first World Series title since 1948.

Because of the rapture, scheduled to begin today at 6:00pm EDT, Major League Baseball has declared that the Cleveland Indians, by virtue of their MLB best record of 27-15, are the 2011 World Series champs.  This ends the longest current title drought in the American League. 

Pandemonium broke out among the long-suffering Indians' fans as planned "Rapture Looting" parties quickly morphed into a massive  "We're Number One For Six More Hours" rally.

Civic leaders are putting the finishing touches on an impromptu victory parade.  Mayor Frank Jackson said, "We don't have a lot of time, and the parade has to be finished by 5:00pm local time, but we'll get something going."

The Indians are scheduled to play the Cincinnati  Reds this afternoon but the non heaven-bound players will not make it back to Cleveland in time for the festivities.

A few haters actually believe that the rapture won't happen. If that's the case MLB will resume its full schedule and the Indians will end up missing the American League wild card spot by three games.