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How much do you know about ghosts? Do you know that Ghost is a Swedish rock band that combines heavy metal with theatrical costumes? Do you know that Ghosts is a sitcom on CBS derived from a British series with the same name? Do you know that the current term, ghosting someone means abruptly cutting off all communication without any explanation, often leaving the other person feeling confused and hurt? You've certainly heard of ghost writers who do the actual writing for others.
Or maybe you know that ghosts are believed by some to be the spirits of deceased people that can appear in visible form to the living from time to time, sometimes showing up in "haunted houses" or "haunted hotels." Or even on sailing ships like the Flying Dutchman. And that many ghosts can do upsetting things like scare people.
The belief in ghosts goes back centuries and is part of many cultures' folklore and sometimes religion. Famous writers have written about them, think Charles Dickens and Shakespeare. Famous artists have painted them. Wikipedia says "The overwhelming consensus of science is that there is no proof that ghosts exist. Their existence is impossible to falsify, and ghost hunting has been classified as pseudoscience. Despite centuries of investigation, there is no scientific evidence that any location is inhabited by the spirits of the dead." So there. And yet…
Why do so many people believe in ghosts to this very day. Why do so many people believe in the Abdominal Snowman? And Big Foot. And Yeti. And UFO's. And vampires. And werewolves. And that Elvis is still alive. And in so much other of the paranormal that we hear about. We could chalk it all off to superstition, old wives tales, or childish nightmares, and yet…
Do you believe in ghosts? Some people might say "No, absolutely not!" Some people will say, "Yes, I do believe in ghosts. I've seen them with my own eyes!" And then others might simply say, "I don't know, but maybe." If you were Los Angeles Dodger outfielder Teoscar Hernandez's wife you would say, "Oh yes I believe!" Which brings me to a story I read on Fox Sports today.
According to Fox Sports, Hernandez reportedly decided not to stay in the hotel the team contracted with in Milwaukee because his wife felt uneasy over the rumors of ghosts in the building. The team arranged to stay at Milwaukee's historic Pfister Hotel, but Hernandez and his wife, Jennifer, chose to stay elsewhere after hearing claims that the Pfister is one of the most haunted hotels in America.
Hernandez said that his wife caught wind of stories about strange happenings from other Dodgers family members who had stayed at the hotel over the years. And she just wasn't having it. "I don't believe in ghosts," he told the media. "I have stayed in there before. I've never seen anything or heard anything." He explained that he just didn't want to deal with an unhappy wife.
"But my wife is on this trip, and she said she doesn't want to stay there. So we have to find another hotel. But I've been hearing from other players and other wives that it's something happening in these couple of nights," he said. The player went on to note that others have said that "some of the rooms, the lights go off and on. And the doors, there are noises, footsteps, things like that, I don't know."
So the bottom line is, Hernandez is not taking any chances with ghosts or making his wife feel unsafe. Better to just stay in another place. But Teoscar isn't the only Dodgers player who won't chance any meetings with the paranormal. Dodgers second baseman Mookie Betts is also ghosting the Pfister thanks to the spooky legends.