They wouldn't give it to him and he held out the next year and they still wouldn't give it to him. He held out for a month and never got it. He had to sign for whatever they wanted to give him. I was very superstitious. I think people thought they were dumb, anyway.
Ballplayers are very superstitious.
I would always put a piece of gum on my hat. The only time I would take it off is when we lost a game. There was a time though where we had set the record for winning consecutive games and nobody would sit next to me on the bench. They tried to hide it and throw the hat away but that was just one of the things. And you could never step on the white line going to your position.