Everyone recognizes superstitions, even if you don't believe in them you still have an uneasy feeling when you violate one, such as, don't walk under a ladder or if a black cat crosses your path you'll have bad luck, which is nothing compared to the 7 years bad luck you'll have if you break a mirror.
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The game of baseball has all the time reflected our society so it should come as No surprise baseball has its share of superstitions, which some are strictly adhered to by all players and some are private quirks. Let's look at some of the superstitions which affect our contemporary day baseball.
1*** Not Stepping On the Foul Line: If you're at a Major League game consideration when the players enter or exit the field. I certify you Not 1 player will step on a foul line. They may jump it or stutter step to skip over it, but they will not step on it. Same goes for a employer or pitching coach going to the mound, they won't do it.
2*** Here's another one everyone adheres to: You Never speak of the pitcher having a excellent game going. This goes for all players on both sides and announcers. A New York announcer once talked about a Yankee pitcher being 1 out away from pitching a excellent game. The pitcher not only lost the excellent game on the next pitch, but the Red Sox went on to win the game and being down 0 - 3 in the Playoffs won 4 in row, which had never happened before.
3*** Having a Lucky Bat or Glove. If a player makes a particularly breathtaking catch or hits an abnormally remarkable and timely hit, that glove or bat becomes his lucky piece of equipment and he wouldn't sell it for a million dollars.
4*** making the sign of the Cross or pointing to the Heavens giving God the reputation for what just happened. This happens quite often in contemporary times and Albert Pujols is probably the most supreme player who does it.
Although there is nothing wrong about thanking God for the hit, in reality God probably didn't care if you got a hit or not, but players will never stop the ritual once they start for fear of angering God.
Hate to say it, but I'd speculation to guess God has a lot more issues to be mad about.
5*** Tapping the bat on the plate. It's as if the hitter wants to chase the home plate gremlin away. He'll do it before every pitch.
6*** Sitting in the selfsame place in the dugout next to the selfsame players on either side is strictly adhered to by many senior members of the team. It's not arrogance or anyone like that, it's just they've been together through thick & thin and have flourished. Why risk changing that?
7*** Not shaving has come to be a particularly favorite action ( or no action ). If a player gets on a good streak of some sort he'll refuse to shave afraid of changing his luck. Jason Giambi of the Yankees refused to shave his mustache the entire season. The Yankees even had a mustache day at the ball park.
8*** Maybe not eating the same meal before every game, but certainly going to the same café to eat is in order. Jim Leyritz went to the same café to eat every time he was in Atlanta after his 3 run home run beat the Braves in a pivotal World Series game.
9*** Do not clean your batting helmet. A Houston Astro player, Biggs, refused to allow his batting helmet to be cleaned. This was in the days of pine tar and by the end of the season you couldn't distinguish the helmet's color, but if you picked it up you had a hard time letting go of it because of the pine tar.
10*** Unless a player is actually carried off the field on a stretcher, you will Never see a player rub the spot he was hit by a pitch. It is considered sissified and bad luck to let the pitcher know he hurt you.
11*** Never lend your bat to anyone! Nor do you pick up another player's bat to swing. It just ain't done.
12*** It's not unheard of for a player to sleep with his favorite bat. He also will name it and talk to it before hitting letting it know what he wants it to do, and you great not snicker at him either.
13*** Again, while watching a major league game consideration if any player steps on a base when arrival in or going out to the field. If you spot a player that does it, I certify you he will do it every time he passes the base in in the middle of innings either it's a home game or an away one.
Just to temp fate, I'm going to end this description on estimate 13 just to prove I'm not superstitious, and I have my lucky rabbit foot to insure that.
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