Haunted honeymoon
While we wait to see if Brian Roberts will answer the bell tonight -- or whether the weather will -- I've got nothing better to do than troll the internet looking for interesting sports-related stories to pass along. I think you'll like this one.
According to my friend Joe Capozzi of the Palm Beach Post, at least two pairs of Florida Marlins players recently chose to room together at the ancient Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee because it supposedly is haunted.
There are plenty of ghost stories circulating around baseball about the Pfister, which was built in 1893, and there are probably an inordinate number of baseball players who are superstitious and believe in such things. Capozzi points out in his blog -- which, for reasons I cannot explain, is not called The Capozzi Stops Here -- that former Dodger Adrian Beltre used to sleep with his bat at the hotel just to be safe. You can fill in your own joke here because I can't think of a clean one.
I've stayed in the Pfister a few times and I can attest that it is pretty old, but I never had any supernatural experiences and doubt the place is haunted. I mean, think about it. If you were a ghost, would you choose to spend eternity in Milwaukee?
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Comments
Is that Adrian Beltre's bat or is he just glad to see a ghost???
Posted by: Bud J | May 26, 2009 12:11 PM
Pete,
I stayed at the Pfister for a wedding a few years ago. I did not manage to pick up a bride's maid, which would have been a clear sign of supernatural intervention. Therefore, I'm not buying it. What self-respecting ghost would have allowed me to go back to my room alone?
Posted by: chris | May 26, 2009 12:27 PM
Beltre might want to go to Milwaukee and sleep with his bat some time soon. That would be the first thing he would use it for this year.
Posted by: Doug | May 26, 2009 12:31 PM
pete yesterday a couple of people including myself wrote in about the lack of respect some of the o's displayed during the playing of the national anthem. any idea if anything got back to trembley and the team?
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Pete's reply: Only if they read this blog.
Posted by: fkterp | May 26, 2009 12:36 PM
With all of the injuries,I wish Chris Gomez was on this team.Your take?
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Pete's reply: I wish Chris Gomez was on this team regardless.
Posted by: mike | May 26, 2009 12:45 PM
Yes, Pete I would choose Milwaukee, but only if I could haunt a brewery...
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Pete's reply: Fair point.
Posted by: punk flamingo | May 26, 2009 12:55 PM
Chris you may have had a better chance to pick up the bride's maid if you had used the ghost story to get her scared to stay alone that night! The ghost did his part.
Posted by: mikepcfl | May 26, 2009 1:53 PM
I went to grad school at Marquette. We used to have our Fall mixer at the Pfister. I never saw any ghosts, but I did see a few supernaturally pale fat guys at a wedding reception that I crashed on the way out of the hotel. They were hovering over the Leinenkugels tap during the "Beer Barrel Polka". Zing. Boom. Tarrerel. It was downright frightening.
Posted by: Abe Froman - Sausage King | May 26, 2009 2:19 PM
Here's another great sportswriter story for you Pete from Pierre LeBrun hockey writer for ESPN.com and panelist on Hockey Night in Canada
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=4205299&name=09cupplayoffsblog
Posted by: eric | May 26, 2009 3:13 PM
Yes! Beer Capital USA!
Posted by: Tim L. | May 26, 2009 3:39 PM
Ghosts at the Pfister? I never knew that. I always thought it was most famous for the fights in the lobby. You know, Pfistercuffs. No, I'm not trying to "pun"-ish you, Peter. I'm just referring to the two-man Battle Royale between our Rick Dempsey & Bill Sudakis when both were with the Yankees in September 1974. You can read all about this on pages 295 & 296 of Philip Bashe's "Dog Days."
Posted by: Attila the Hon | May 26, 2009 5:25 PM