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For those that don't know baseball is all about numbers, odds, and superstitions. For example, if a pitcher is pitching a no hitter no player will go up to that pitcher and talk about anything related to pitching. In fact you will find most players in the dugout steering clear of that pitcher as if he had the plague.

I take these superstitions very seriously. When I originally became a Dodger fan in high school, I bought a Dodger hat to commemorate me being true to the Dodger blue. After our crappy playoff performances of 2004 and 2006 I was convinced that the hat was extremely bad luck. So I threw the hat away. I bought a new hat, shortly there after. After not making the playoffs in 2007 I thought that the new hat was another bringer of bad luck. After some contemplation, I thought it be immature to throw the hat away just after one season. So I kept it to give it a try for one more season. In 2008, we made the playoffs and blew our way past the Cubs to my first NLCS.

Also during the 2008 season I picked up an authentic Dodgers hat and Jonny Broxton Jersey. I have managed to figure out the good luck charm with the authentic hat and jersey. Since the beginning of the 2008 regular season, I have been undefeated in every game I have attended. This includes every post season game I have attended (one game in 2004 and one game in 2008). I ONLY wear the authentic hat and jersey on games I go to and every playoff game the Dodgers play. The other hat I picked up in 2007 is my everyday Dodger hat.

There is also some good luck around those bobbleheads, I haven't figure it out yet though.