Mookie Betts might not be afraid of no ghosts, but he didn’t take his chances, either.
The superstar outfielder opted to stay in an AirBNB with friends during the Dodgers’ three-game set with the Brewers in Milwaukee, eschewing the accommodations of the Pfister Hotel, rumored among MLB players to be haunted.
“It was a good excuse (not to stay there),” Betts told the Orange County Register.
While Betts said he’s never experienced anything paranormal at the hotel — nor is he a believer in ghosts — but he’s also comfortable not having that change.
“You can tell me what happened after,” he said. “I just don’t want to find out myself.”
The Pfister is one of two purportedly “haunted” hotels used by MLB teams — Tampa’s Florida Renaissance Vinoy Resort the other — and it does little to help the reputation.
“It’s freaky as s–t, with the head-shot paintings on the walls and the old curtains everywhere,” then-Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton told ESPN in 2013. “It reminds me of the Disneyland Haunted House. The less time I’m there, the better.”
The same goes for Phillies home-run hitter Bryce Harper, who was the victim of a paranormal prank during his time with the Nationals.
“I laid a pair of jeans and a shirt on that table at the foot of the bed,” he said. “When I woke up in the morning — I swear on everything — the clothes were on the floor and the table was on the opposite side of the room.”
Others, like former Rangers infielder Michael Young, claim they’ve heard phantom footsteps in their rooms at the Pfister.
The historic inn was built in 1983, so there’s been plenty of time for otherworldly guests — and rumors — to accumulate.
For Betts, it seems the rumors were enough to keep awake at night when he stayed there previously.
“But I couldn’t sleep,” Betts said. “Every noise, I’d be like, ‘Is that something?’”
The Dodgers took a pair of wins in Milwaukee, with Betts going 2-for-12 in the series with a homer, two RBIs and a walk.