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Evidently, Seattle's Adrian Beltre believes in ghosts.
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Delusional quote of the week
Padres closer Heath Bell, disagreeing with those who expect San Diego to lose 100 games this season: "We're not out of the wild-card race and the [first-place] Dodgers can't play this way forever. We're lying in the weeds."
Second-guess of the week
Kansas City manager Trey Hillman allowed righthander Gil Meche to throw 132 pitches in a complete-game win over the Diamondbacks on Tuesday. He did it even though Meche has been limited recently by a bad back, the Royals had a five-run lead and the bullpen was well-rested. It will be interesting to see how Meche does in his next few starts.
Jinx of the week
Going into the eighth inning at Cleveland's Progressive Field on Sunday night, Indians lefthander Cliff Lee was working on a no-hitter. As he took the mound, a trivia question from the team's in-house announcer appeared on the scoreboard: "Who was the last Indians pitcher to throw a perfect game?" The answer is Lenny Barker, on May 15, 1981. But that's besides the point. When Yadier Molina doubled on Lee's first pitch, some felt the Tribe's own scoreboard had broken the old baseball prohibition about mentioning a no-no in progress.
The question was prescripted, but manager Eric Wedge said whoever didn't change it has "no feel" for the game. Added pitching coach Carl Willis: "There are some things that are taboo and you don't do."
Finally
Apparently some of the Florida Marlins believe in ghosts.
When the team stayed at the Pfister in Milwaukee earlier this season, according to the Palm Beach Post, two pair of players decided to share rooms because of the hotel's reputation for being haunted. When he was with the Dodgers, Adrian Beltre once slept with his bat at the Pfister after hearing things go bump in the night.
That's not the end of the story, either. Next weekend the Fish will stay at the Renaissance Vinoy in St. Petersburg, Fla., another hotel with a history, when they play the Rays.
In 2002, Cincinnati's Scott Williamson claims he saw a male apparition there. In 2007, Angels pitching coach Mike Butcher said the lights in his room turned on and off mysteriously and Billy Koch, Joey Hamilton and Jay Gibbons are also reported to have had supernatural experiences there.
