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RebelYell · 05-25-2005, 05:58 PM

Baseball players superstitious?
Absolutely.

No other humans in the world more superstitious.
And that's where I'm a little different.

I've got nothing against the number 13, black cats, ladders ...

But because I hung around baseball players, I know not to step on the chalk between innings. I know you have to put your bat with the head down in the rack. I know that you never say anything to a pitcher unless he asks you a direct question.

That's not superstitious. That's plain ol' common sense.

There are rituals, too. They aren't superstitions, but things you do to keep the baseball gods happy. Karma.

On losing streaks in the minors, the guys would all go out to the pancake house or waffle hut across the street. When the streak got bad, everybody ate steak and eggs. After a while, you started looking forward to steak and eggs every night and losing didn't hurt quite as bad.
It could get expensive on that 250-dollar-per-week salary, though.

We're going through our first losing streak now and I'll probably be up all night trying to figure out if there's something I'm doing wrong. Is there a way I can change this things around? Stop the skid maybe??

I've already thought about what I'm going to do on Wednesday. Ballgame at 5:05, go eat and head for that pool hall. It just looked relaxing.

Outside of winning and losing a ballgame, that's the most important thing on my agenda.
I think about it as I doze off in front of late-night television.

Oh, and I remind myself that the first thing I have to do after I get up is find the nearest Waffle House.

It never hurts to dial up the steak and eggs.

05-25-2005, 05:58 PM	#30 (permalink)
RebelYell Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 218	Superstitious in Seattle Baseball players superstitious? Absolutely. No other humans in the world more superstitious. And that's where I'm a little different. I've got nothing against the number 13, black cats, ladders ... But because I hung around baseball players, I know not to step on the chalk between innings. I know you have to put your bat with the head down in the rack. I know that you never say anything to a pitcher unless he asks you a direct question. That's not superstitious. That's plain ol' common sense. There are rituals, too. They aren't superstitions, but things you do to keep the baseball gods happy. Karma. On losing streaks in the minors, the guys would all go out to the pancake house or waffle hut across the street. When the streak got bad, everybody ate steak and eggs. After a while, you started looking forward to steak and eggs every night and losing didn't hurt quite as bad. It could get expensive on that 250-dollar-per-week salary, though. We're going through our first losing streak now and I'll probably be up all night trying to figure out if there's something I'm doing wrong. Is there a way I can change this things around? Stop the skid maybe?? I've already thought about what I'm going to do on Wednesday. Ballgame at 5:05, go eat and head for that pool hall. It just looked relaxing. Outside of winning and losing a ballgame, that's the most important thing on my agenda. I think about it as I doze off in front of late-night television. Oh, and I remind myself that the first thing I have to do after I get up is find the nearest Waffle House. It never hurts to dial up the steak and eggs. __________________ Cleveland Spiders -- Metleagues! Johnson League Central Division champions, (98-64) Bobby Don Southworth -- Cleveland Indians, first place American League Central Yoda55 gives it And coming soon: AUSSI -- The Australia Uranium Sports Syndication, Inc. College Baseball -- The Return of "Cobb Goes to College" interactive OOTP Baseball Last edited by RebelYell : 04-01-2006 at 03:03 AM.