Cal Raleigh resorted to the silliest measure to break his 0-for-38 slump
•Yahoo Sports
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Few sports can humble even the best players quite like baseball can. Just look at Cal Raleigh. One season after hitting a franchise-record 60 home runs, the Mariners catcher had struggled to hit anything in 2026.
He entered Tuesday's game against the Astros in an 0-for-38 slump that had dropped his average to . 157. Now, baseball players are creatures of habit.
But they are also extremely superstitious. Whatever Raleigh had been doing clearly wasn't working. So, he resorted to some unusual and desperate measures.
He showered in his full uniform. And you know what? It worked!