You can’t get much better baseball than this. Superstition is often very prevalent in baseball, especially when it comes to players. It’s simply the nature of that sport. Just take a look at this tale I have for you today about a fortunate sausage in a dugout that helps teams win. This anecdote is “so baseball,” as I mentioned. Check it out, then. In an effort to spread some cheer among the team after a dismal 6-11 start to the season, Minnesota shortstop Kyle Farmer set out a packaged summer sausage in the Twins clubhouse. It seemed more like he was attempting to get rid of it, actually. However, the issue was that nobody else shared that desire. Given this, hitting coach David Popkins finally removed the sausage and placed it next to the bat rack in the dugout. After they had a big hit, things escalated to the point that catcher Ryan Jeffers started throwing it to teammates. The really amazing part is that it travels with them. The Twins have swept both the Chicago White Sox and the Los Angeles Angels in their last seven games since Minnesota coined the sausage superstition. Also, Minnesota’s offense is on fire, as seen by the fact that in each of their last seven victories, they have scored at least five runs. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli remarked, “I’m all for it because it’s bringing us a lot of hits and runs.” Farmer remarked, “I didn’t want to eat it, and it was in my locker.” I then placed it on the table. And for that reason, ladies and gentlemen, we just can’t help but have a romantic side to baseball.
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