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IF YOU CROSS THE BATS IN THE DUGOUT, IT MEANS SOMEONE WILL
GET HURT.
Submitter comment:
CROSSING THE BATS MEANS CRISS-CROSSING EITHER THE HANDLES
OR THE BARRELS OF THE BATS (NOT PASSING IN FRONT OF THEM).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Date learned: 00001970S
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR BASEBALL PLAYERS TO PLACE THEIR EMPTY SHOES ON
THE GROUND BACKWARDS; THAT IS, PLACING THE RIGHT SHOE ON THE LEFT
AND THE LEFT SHOE ON THE RIGHT.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS NOTED WHEN BASEBALL PLAYERS CHANGE FROM TENNIS SHOES
INTO THEIR SPIKES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
Date learned: 00001970S
BASKETBALL PLAYERS CONSIDER IT BAD LUCK TO STAND UNDER A HANGING
SCOREBOARD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
BAD LUCK
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR A BASEBALL MANAGER TO STEP ON A WHITE LINE OF
A BASEBALL DIAMOND.
IF A MANAGER DOES STEP ON A WHITE LINE, HIS TEAM IS SURE
TO LOSE THE GAME.
Submitter comment:
MY INFORMANT TELLS ME THAT SPARKY ANDERSON THE MANAGER OF THE
DETROIT TIGERS WILL NOT STEP ON A WHITE LINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 12-03-1982
BEFORE PLAYING A REGULATION VARSITY BASKETBALL
GAME, I WOULD NOT TAKE OFF ANY WARM UP CLOTHES
UNTIL THE LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT, OR IT WOULD BRING
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; FRANKLINVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS BAD LUCK TO LEAVE THE BASEBALL BATS CROSSED
DURING A GAME. IT MEANS YOU WILL LOSE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS SUPERSTITION WHILE PLAYING
BASEBALL AS A BOY IN LESLIE, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LESLIE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 02-27-1965
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SPEAK ABOUT A NO-HIT GAME, IF THE
PITCHER HAS NOT YET ALLOWED A HIT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHEN HE WAS PLAYING MINOR
LEAGUE BASEBALL FOR THE WASHINGTON SENATOR'S FARM
SYSTEM.
Where learned: WASHINGTON SENATORS FARM SYSTEM (BASEBALL TEAM)
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 02-28-1965
Superstition: Baseball
IT IS BAD LUCK TO MENTION THAT A PITCHER HAS A NO-
HITTER GOING WHILE THE GAME IS IN PROGRESS.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ; BASEBALL ; BASEBALL STADIUM ; CHANCE ; CUSTOM ; Fan ; FATE ; jinx ; LUCK ; No-Hitter ; Shutout ; SPORTS ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 10-22-1969
IN BASEBALL, IT IS BAD LUCK TO STRIKE OUT THE FIRST
BATTER AGAINST YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 02-09-1972
FROM THE AGE OF EIGHT TO 22, I PLAYED ORGANIZED
BASEBALL AND ALWAYS RAN ACROSS THE BELIEF THAT
STEPPING ON THE (CHALKED) LINES IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; NEW YORK ; LONG ISLAND ; HEMPSTEAD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
WHENEVER A BASEBALL PLAYER GOES ON OR OFF THE FIELD, HE
MAKES SURE HE TOUCHES EITHER THE 1ST OR 3RD BASE
FOUL LINE. IF HIS CLUB'S DUGOUT IS ON THE RIGHT
SIDE OF THE FIELD, HE TOUCHES THE 1ST BASE FOUL LINE,
IF THE DUGOUT IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FIELD,
HE TOUCHES THE 3RD BASE FOUL LINE. IT IS VERY BAD
LUCK FOR HIM TO RUN OVER THAT CHALK LINE WITHOUT
TOUCHING IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 11-07-1969
WHEN PLAYING BASEBALL, IT IS BAD LUCK TO WALK ON
THE BASELINE WHEN WALKING ACROSS IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 11-16-1968
IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF A BASEBALL TEAM, IT IS BAD
LUCK, IF ON A CLEAR DAY YOU GO UP TO BAT AND A
CLOUD SUDDENLY PASSES BETWEEN YOU AND THE SUN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NEVER SIT PARRALLEL TO THE BATHTUB WHILE PLAYING
CARDS (BAD LUCK).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 03-00-1970
WHEN PLAYING CARDS IT'S GOOD LUCK TO BE SITTING THE
WAY THE PLUMBING GOES (PARALLEL TO THE PLUMBING).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
IF, WHEN SHUFFLING A DECK OF CARDS AND THE ACE OF
SPADES POPS OUT, IT MEANS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU ARE HAVING BAD LUCK IN CARDS, WALK AROUND
YOUR CHAIR FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 03-05-1972
IT IS CONSIDERED BAD LUCK IF A PERSON WHO HAS
ALREADY FOLDED LOOKS AT THE CARDS IN THE HAND
OF A PLAYER STILL IN A CARD GAME.
Submitter comment: FROM A FRIEND.
Where learned: FRATERNITY HOUSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 10-29-1967
WILD BILL HICCOCK WON A CARD GAME BY AN ACE AND AN
EIGHT. BECAUSE HE WON BY THIS, HE WAS SHOT. TODAY
IT BRINGS BAD LUCK TO WIN A GAME BY AN ACE OR AN
EIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BILL HICKOK
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Eighths / Eight Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 10-08-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR THE PERSON LYING ON THE FLOOR IF SOMEONE
STEPS OVER HIM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 03-22-1969