Friday the 13th

I am being superstitious today and jumping on the bandwagon along with 25 million other Americans that will change ones behaviour today.

According to the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in North Carolina, many people will stay away from shopping malls and wont set foot on an airplane today. Many others wont leave their home in "fear" of bad luck and in their avoidance of black cats and ladders. The overall cost (loss of business) is estimated to be close to $ 800 million.

This only means that the roads will be quieter, the mall might be empty and the airport less crowded. Maybe I will take my car to the mall, buy a black cat and head towards the airport . . . or not.

Maybe I will just not scan any baseball cards today . . . that will be the extent of "my change of behaviour".

Happy Friday the 13th to everyone . . . Happy weekend (coming soon) . . .

Friday Feb 13th

I am not the superstitious kind of guy, though as a kid I would "not stop on the sidewalk crack because it would break my mothers back". Today has been called "freaky friday" by some and others just treat it as another "normal" day . . .

There are certainly many many superstitions in baseball, or "curses" as we say as Chicago Cubs fans.

This post is not intended to bore you with the simple ones like never stepping on the baseline when entering or leaving the field of play, to the rituals of digging ones stance and adjusting ones self in the batter box . . . only because I am working on a more "clever" Valentines day post so I will cut this short and just wish everyone a "safe" Friday the 13th and remind all of you that tomorrow is Valentines Day.

P.S. above card number 213 is from what year and what player; small hint . . . the front of the card has appeared in a previous post of mine.