It is unlucky to let anyone from the visiting team sit on the home team's bench. It is unlucky to drop a bat between home plate and the catcher. Keep a buckeye in your pocket while paying baseball and you will have good luck. Never cross your bat with another batter when on your way to the home plate or it will bring you bad luck. Some ball players believe that when a pitcher holds the ball between both hands he is putting dope on it to hoodoo the batter.
Some baseball players keep their caps turned backward for luck.
Some baseball players will step on home plate before leaving the park in order to have good luck the next day. Some baseball players will turn around three times in the batter's box for good luck. Spit on the end of your bat for good luck. Stick a piece of chewing gum on the lower end of your bat and you will make a good hit. Striking out the first man who comes to bat signifies that the pitcher will win his game.