February 26, 2020; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts (50) looks on before a spring training game against the Los Angeles Angels at Camelback Ranch. Mandatory Photo Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
Mookie Betts was activated from the injured list on Monday and is expected to return to the Los Angeles Dodgers lineup. One place you won’t find him, at least for the next few days, is with his teammates at the team hotel.
The Dodgers play a four-game series in Milwaukee starting Monday, but Betts won’t be at the Pfister Hotel with his teammates. Instead, he’s gotten his own Airbnb because he’s wary of rumors that the hotel is haunted.
#Dodgers RF Mookie Betts has refused to stay with his team at the allegedly haunted Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee for the second year in a row. He is staying in an Air BnB. He doesn’t like ghosts.
— Mike DiGiovanna (@MikeDiGiovanna) 12 August 2024
That may sound extreme, but rumors that the Pfister is haunted have been around for years, and aren’t exclusive to the Dodgers. They’re so well-known that Betts pulled the same trick when the Dodgers visited Milwaukee last season. He’d been to the Pfister before and noticed nothing unusual, but he was so paranoid about the rumors that he could barely sleep.
Betts made just two of 12 pitches when the Dodgers visited Milwaukee last season, so perhaps the thought of being in the same city as the hotel confused him.
