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Dealing with the 'baseball gods' during the MLB postseason is bad enough. So, when the National League Championship Series (NLCS) rolled through Milwaukee, the Los Angeles Dodgers decided to avoid any other supernatural entities if they could help it.
It's commonly believed in baseball circles that Milwaukee's historic Pfister Hotel is haunted. Players who fear 'things that go bump in the night' have refused to stay there in the past.
One of those ballplayers who are averse to specters is Dodgers star Mookie Betts, who has avoided the hotel on multiple trips to the 'Brew City' - often opting for an AirBnB instead.
For Games 1 and 2 of the NLCS, his teammate Teoscar Hernandez joined him in a search for other accommodations.
While Hernandez insisted that he does not believe in ghosts, he said that his wife does.
'I don't believe in ghosts,' Hernandez said (via USA Today). 'I have stayed in there before. I've never seen anything or heard anything.
The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee was built in 1893 - and is believed to be haunted
Dodgers stars Mookie Betts (L) and Teoscar Hernandez (R) are staying in alternative accommodations to avoid the haunted building for the National League Championship Series
'But my wife is on this trip, and she said she doesn't want to stay there. So we have to find another hotel.
'But I've been hearing from other players and other wives that it's something happening in these couple of nights.'
Among the spooks and scares witnessed by other ballplayers and WAGs? 'The lights, some of the rooms, the lights goes off and on,' Hernandez said.
'And the doors, there are noises, footsteps, things like that, I don't know.
'I'm not the guy that I'm going to be here saying, "Oh, yeah, I experienced that before" because I'm not. And I don't think I'm going to experience that.'
Betts, on the other hand, isn't willing to take that risk like Hernandez: 'I just don't want to find out myself.'
In addition to Hernandez's account, various MLB players have reported strange occurrences at the 132-year-old building.
Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper claimed that his clothes were once moved across the room.
Both Bryce Harper (L) and Giancarlo Stanton (R) have also shared their spooky experiences
New York Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton said that the head-shot paintings hanging up in the hotel 'reminds me of the Disneyland Haunted House. The less time I'm there, the better.'
However, one ex-MLB executive claims that the older rooms have large gaps at the bottom of the doors which allow teammates to turn TVs on and off from out in the hallways.
'I've seen it done a ton over the years,' the executive said. 'That's where the whole haunted thing started back in the day.'
The Dodgers currently lead the NLCS by two games to none over the Brewers.
If they manage to win two of their next three games at home, they'll book themselves a trip to the World Series. If not, then Hernandez, Betts, and any other scared Dodgers will have to find new places to stay once again.
