Mike Napoli's Superstition

Mike Napoli was off to a terrible start at the beginning of the ALCS. Napoli was benched for game 2 because of his failure to produce. He was finally reinserted back into the lineup for game 3 of the ALCS in Detroit on Tuesday night. Throughout the series, Napoli has rolled his pants up high, letting his bright red sox show. He continued with this trend to start game 3. After Napoli struck out his first two at-bats of game 3, he decided to change it up and pull his pants down. In his first at-bat with his pants rolled down, Napoli launched a solo homerun over the left field fence. This one run proved to be the difference in the game and captured the win for the Red Sox. Baseball players are known for their superstitions, and that was on display in game 3 with Mike Napoli. Now, the Red Sox are up 2-1 against Detroit. Jake Peavy will toe the rubber Wednesday night again Doug Fister. If Peavy can seal the victory for the Red Sox, they will have a commanding 3-1 heading back to Boston.

After starting the series 0-6, Mike Napoli decided to pull his pants down. In his first at-bat with his pants down, he hit a clutch homerun.