Baseball ghost stories
Baseball ghost stories
Spirits still run the bases and roam the outfield: a blog about the spooky side of America’s pastime
By Amanda Black
By now, all but three Major League Baseball teams have closed the book on the 2012 season. Most fans have closed out the year disappointed, but Detroit Tigers fans are looking forward to meeting whoever wins game 7 between the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals.
Even though I’m new to the Tigers bandwagon, I hopped on long before the post-season. In fact, I wrote my “Goodbye Cubs, Hello Tigers” blog on May 29. My hatred towards the Cubs has softened a bit (cause, hey, there’s always next year!), but it’s been nice to be a Tigers fan.
The end of October also is the time to think about all things spooky. It’s rather fitting since baseball is a game full of ghosts and ghost stories. It has a long history and a tradition of curses, so it’s no surprise that baseball takes a turn for the spooky at times.
I heard more about this story while I was flipping around the radio last night. Mickey Bradley and Dan Gordon, authors of Haunted Baseball, were talking about some of these stories.
Many of the current New York Yankee players have reported benevolent figures still roaming the old stadium. I have to wonder how the ghosts handled the demolition of the House that Ruth Built. Did they cross the street to the new Yankee Stadium or are they wandering around the newly opened Heritage Field? The city of New York has been redeveloping the land that once held Yankee Stadium. Maybe Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig are digging the new surroundings after all these years.
By Amanda Black
By now, all but three Major League Baseball teams have closed the book on the 2012 season. Most fans have closed out the year disappointed, but Detroit Tigers fans are looking forward to meeting whoever wins game 7 between the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals.
Even though I’m new to the Tigers bandwagon, I hopped on long before the post-season. In fact, I wrote my “Goodbye Cubs, Hello Tigers” blog on May 29. My hatred towards the Cubs has softened a bit (cause, hey, there’s always next year!), but it’s been nice to be a Tigers fan.
The end of October also is the time to think about all things spooky. It’s rather fitting since baseball is a game full of ghosts and ghost stories. It has a long history and a tradition of curses, so it’s no surprise that baseball takes a turn for the spooky at times.
I heard more about this story while I was flipping around the radio last night. Mickey Bradley and Dan Gordon, authors of Haunted Baseball, were talking about some of these stories.
Many of the current New York Yankee players have reported benevolent figures still roaming the old stadium. I have to wonder how the ghosts handled the demolition of the House that Ruth Built. Did they cross the street to the new Yankee Stadium or are they wandering around the newly opened Heritage Field? The city of New York has been redeveloping the land that once held Yankee Stadium. Maybe Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig are digging the new surroundings after all these years.
| A man of legends, Babe Ruth is the subject of many ghost stories. | ||
You don’t have to go to the Bronx to find ghost stories. While many of the stadiums offer tours, none seem to have ghost tours. This seems like a wide-open market for tour companies that are looking for a new angle for their sports tours (or ghost tours).
I was able to find one baseball ghost tour. Cooperstown, N.Y., the home of the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, is already a place on legends. Bruce Markusen leads haunted tours for his Cooperstown Candlelight Ghost Tours. His ghost tours aren’t limited to October. Tours depart nightly from April to August and four nights a week in the fall. Winter tours are available by appointment.
Or you could catch a Casper Ghosts game. The Wyoming team, the rookie league affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, plays with glow-in-the-dark caps and orange-and-black uniforms.
Which ghosts would you put on your dream team? Let the debate begin now…
Amanda Black has spent the last 10 years with Group Tour Magazine uncovering the best attractions and tours for groups. She lives in Holland, Mich., with a lovely view of a meadow and duck pond. Amanda is big fan of fresh food and TV dramas as well as all things cute. Find her on twitter @amandagrouptour.
I was able to find one baseball ghost tour. Cooperstown, N.Y., the home of the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, is already a place on legends. Bruce Markusen leads haunted tours for his Cooperstown Candlelight Ghost Tours. His ghost tours aren’t limited to October. Tours depart nightly from April to August and four nights a week in the fall. Winter tours are available by appointment.
Or you could catch a Casper Ghosts game. The Wyoming team, the rookie league affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, plays with glow-in-the-dark caps and orange-and-black uniforms.
Which ghosts would you put on your dream team? Let the debate begin now…
Amanda Black has spent the last 10 years with Group Tour Magazine uncovering the best attractions and tours for groups. She lives in Holland, Mich., with a lovely view of a meadow and duck pond. Amanda is big fan of fresh food and TV dramas as well as all things cute. Find her on twitter @amandagrouptour.
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