One of our readers, SportsBro Alex Kaskel, has recently pointed out a great top 10 of the most bizarre athlete superstitions. We've all heard of athletes doing weird stuff to get them ready for games (Wade Boggs ate a bucket of fried chicken, Clemens used to get a trainer to rub Icy Hot on his balls to get him "pumped up" to pitch...) but this list provides a diverse array of strange rituals. I'm not sure you can count peeing as your hands (Moises Alou) as superstitious (I think it actually hardens your hands so you don't need batting gloves), but it did result on one of my favorite Sports Illustrated "They Said It"'s of all time...When asked about Moises Alou peeing on his hands while playing for the cubs, Dusty Baker said, "I have noticed a lot of guys avoid giving him high fives, they usually just give him the fist."
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