My search for my favotire number

In my search for a favorite number I actually found top 4 "favorite numbers"
so here is the run down:

#1 108 number if stitches in a baseball!!

#2 59 (number of actualy beads on a catholic rosary (The quote tht Susan Surandon said in the movie Bull Durham was inaccurate) *

#3: 162 (number of games in a reg. americacn league baseball seasons (1998 - 162 games - expansion - 19 games × 3 or 4 opponents in own division - other opponent schedules vary)--- thanks to Jeremy for this one)

#4 216 (there are 108 double stitches on a MLB Baseball. So really, there are 216 stitches)


* "I believe in the church of baseball. I've tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, trees, mushrooms, and Isadora Duncan. I know things. For instance, there's 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there's 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance. (she sighs) But it just didn't work out between us. The Lord laid too much guilt on me. I prefer metaphysics to theology. Y'see, there's no guilt in baseball, and it's never boring. (she giggles) Which makes it like sex. There's never been a ballplayer slept with me who didn't have the best year of his career. Making love is like hitting a baseball. You just gotta relax and concentrate. Besides, I'd never sleep with a player hitting under .250. Not unless he had a lot of RBIs and was a great glove man up the middle. Y'see, there's a certain amount of life wisdom I give these boys. I can expand their minds. Sometimes when I get a ballplayer alone, I'll just read Emily Dickenson or Walt Whitman to him. And the guys are so sweet, they always stay and listen. Of course, a guy'll listen to anything if he thinks it's foreplay. I make them feel confident, and they make me feel safe -- and pretty. 'Course what I give them lasts a lifetime. What they give me lasts a 142 games. Sometimes it seems like a bad trade. But bad trades are part of baseball. Who can forget Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas, for god's sake! It's a long season, and you gotta trust it. I've tried them all, I really have. And, the only church that feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the church of baseball.

"As much as I love that quote, it's factually innacruate. Catholics use a string of 59 beads while reciting a series of short prayers, including the Apostles Creed, the Fatima prayer and Hail Mary recitations. A rosary is separated into main groups of 10 beads called decades." http://www.flickr.com/photos/underwaterclownconspiracy/200422706/

<[The original Catholic Rosary did contain 108 beads, it was "streamlined" down to 59. A rosary contained 10 decades of 10 "Hail Marys" (100 beads) and 8 "Our Fathers" for 8 beads which equals 108.>