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Happy Friday the 13th!
Friday the 13th is a day of superstition and unluckiness, supposedly. It's had an entire awesome horror film series dedicated to it! So on this day of woe and uncertainty, how about we delve into the notion of superstitious athletes? Perhaps the most famous & talked about act of superstition is that of Hall of Fame baseball player, Wade Boggs. Boggs absolutely HAD to eat chicken before every single game. If he didn't? He would request to be taken out of the lineup. Not to mention, for night games, he had to go into the batting cages at precisely 5:17 pm before every game and took his pre-game sprints at exactly 7:17 pm. Then when he went up to bat, he would draw the Hebrew word for "life" in the dirt. He's not the only one though, from Tiger Woods wearing red every Sunday, which is the color of luck in Thailand to Michael Jordan wearing his college shorts under his NBA shorts during every game, a lot of players have their superstitions that they think help enhance their games. NBA player, Caron Butler drinks a liter of Mountain Dew before every game and then another at halftime. His former teammate, Jason Terry wears the shorts of his next opposition to bed the night before. Former MLB pitcher, Mark Fidrych would yell at the baseball on the mound and if one was being hit too often, then he had to replace it with another one. Former NHL player, Bruce Gardiner would dip his hockey stick in the toilet if he was in a slump and at times, would dip the whole blade inside to show the stick he was in charge. Weird as hell? Sure. But these athletes have made it to the top of sports pinnacle, so they must be doing something right!
