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  ... You mean things like "Don't walk under a ladder"?

  George

  Ok let's see.

  Well lots of managers try to avoid stepping on the base line when they
are going to to talk to the pitcher. Is that the type of thing you are
looking for?

  George

Always ask the ump how many outs there are before batting.

NEVER touch a baseball foul line.

Always take a pre-gamer, as per Kevin McHale, preferablly in the referees
facilities.

Always bounce the ball 3 times (not 2, not 4, just 3) before shooting the 
foul shot or serving the volleyball.

Never say you're going to win before winning.

Never mention a no-hitter is in progress.

Always hit your goalies pads before each period with your stick.

If you win, wear the same clothes the next time you play.  Washing optional.

zamboni

  If we watch the home team on TV, they will lose.

  George

    One I use when keeping score in baseball...
    
    NEVER mark the out into the book before the ball is actually caught.
    
    Oh yeah, and you are the one who brought the sunflower seeds for a
    close game that you won, you must continue.  If you lost you must
    NEVER bring them again.
    
    
    billl
    

    
    	One of my buddies in high school got on a hot streak (hitting,
    	baseball).  He did not wash his sanitaries for about 3 weeks.
    	Those things would stand up in the locker all by themselves!
    
    Claybone

Phil Esposito was always candid about his superstitions.  He always had
to be the Nth guy on the ice (N was unvarying, but I don't remember what
it was), always put his gear on in exactly the same way, etc., etc.

I remember a game at the LA Forum back around 1970.  The Bruins were
outplaying the Kings, as usual, but Rogie Vachon was standing on his
ear, and after two periods, Boston hadn't scored.  Espo and Ken Hodge
come out onto the ice from the dressing room, skate over to the goal
LA will defend, hold their sticks into the goal mouth, and make little
circles in the air with the blades.

Most of the (sparse) crowd was still at the concession stands, but the
few of us in the arena cracked up.  It's the only time I can remember
ever hearing pure sitcom sountrack laughter in a sports venue.

It didn't help, incidentally.

Steve

    
       Two of our Linebackers said they wouldnt wash their under kit until
    we lost a game last season....we went 10-0 to be Scottish champions!
    
    Nobody even sat near them before or after the games in the locker
    rooms.
    
        I play Center and have had the same towel for my hands for the last
    8 seasons for good luck, so far it has been succesful with no muffed
    snaps!
    
    
    Shug #60
    
    
    
    		

    Being a goalie in hockey means more superstitions than you can shake a
    stick at.  Here are a few that determine my play:
    
    	Never ever say "shut out" when a goalie has one going.
    
    	Alot of the goalies in the NHL do this:
     		when you make a save, you tap the the top of the cross bar
    or side of the post with the end of your stick.
    
    	I have my girlfriend carry my equipment.( I went 0-15-0 before she
    carried my stuff, I won that night.)
    
    	The painted markings on my helmet must be lucky, or I'll paint it
    again.
    
    	I allways have to have the same water bottle.
    
    	After the whistle, just before the puck is dropped, I'll smash the
    blade of my stick across each leg pad 

    Must be quite a sight to see a face off at your end of the ice followed
    by two quick saves.:-)
    
    UMDan

    re:224.12
    
    What's that supossed to mean?  Why 2 saves? (Tipped and redirected
    pucks I can handle, please dont throw me any curve balls...You'll make
    me look like Craig Billington when he played for Ottawa.  Or even
    Boston for that matter,  what a waste of good equipment!!!!! 

>You'll make
>    me look like Craig Billington when he played for Ottawa.  Or even
>    Boston for that matter,  what a waste of good equipment!!!!!

I like this guy...  :-)