Cuellar flew with lucky blue clothes, insisted on eating his pregame meal with his catcher, and smoked nine cigarettes during games, one per inning. He hung a sign over his locker that said: “Bring it sweetheart.” He sat on the lucky end of his training table and made the same number of steps between the dugout and the water cooler every time. None of that bothered Earl, who was almost as superstitious as Crazy Horse. Weaver avoided looking at clocks if the Orioles were leading, changed pens after each loss, and preferred to rest his foot against the “good-luck” pole in the Memorial Stadium
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