Sports: Baseball

Good Luck:

  • Spitting into your hand before picking up the bat is said to bring good luck.
  • A wad of gum stuck on a player’s hat brings good luck.
  • Some players believe it is good luck to step on one of the bases before running off the field at the end of an inning.
  • Some players actually sleep with their bat to break out of a hitting slump or stay in a groove.
  • Fingers of a player’s glove must be left pointing to his team’s dugout when he goes to bat.

Bad Luck:

  • It’s bad luck for the batting team if a dog walks across the playing field.
  • It is bad luck to touch the baselines while running off and onto the field between innings.
  • If a pitcher is throwing a perfect game or a no-hitter, never speak of it while it’s going on.
  • It’s bad luck for Baseball season to begin on a Friday.
  • It’s bad luck for a player to meet a member of the clergy on the way to the baseball ground.
  • It’s bad luck to have a left handed pitcher on your team.

Many baseball player’s superstitions have to do with what was happening the last time they played really well. If they wore a certain pair of underwear, socks, the facial hair a certain way, when they were winning, they need to keep that streak going as long as possible so they won’t change it while it’s still “working”.

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Superstitions About Baseball Bats:

  • It’s bad luck to lend your bat to a teammate.
  • A split bat is bad luck.
  • A bat left lying crosswise in front of a dugout is bad luck.
  • It’s good luck to leave a piece of chewing gum stuck to the top of a bat.
  • It’s good luck to spit on your hands before picking up a bat.
  • If a player changes bats after two strikes they will be struck out.

Superstitions About Women in Baseball:

  • Player seeing a cross-eyed woman in the stands is bad luck.
  • It’s good luck for a player to see a red-haired woman.

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