"I had to listen to that nonsense... We didn't want to mess up": When Gerrit Cole opened up on following 'weird' Yankees' superstition before matchday

Baseball players are a superstitious breed, and that is no different with New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole. He, alongside a majority of the league, has certain oddball quirks they believe bring them good luck.

Some of the older superstitions involved wearing the same pair of underwear or socks when you are on a hot streak. There is also the age-old tradition of not washing a uniform during good times and the rally cap.

However, the Yanks took these superstitions a step further. During the 2022 season, Cole and the Bronx Bombers would make their own "holy water" and splash in on the field. The club swore by this and made it a pact to do it every game, via PEOPLE's Skyler Caruso.

"We have a certain process of how we have to make the holy water and then we have to flick it on the field so that we get the runs," said Cole.

Holy water is just one of the few superstitions the team kept up during the 2022 season. Cole also went on to talk about how the team keeps the same order in the dugout when the team gets a hit and switches when they fail to get a hit.

"If we're standing in a certain order when we get a hit, then we can't move from that order. If we get a hit and then we don't get a hit, then we have to shuffle the order up," said Cole.

Cole remembered a specific at-bat where Anthony Rizzo forced the ace to stand in the same spot for an entire inning.

"Last night, Rizzo was talking to me about a bunch of nonsense. We got a runner on, and he got a base hit, and then I had to listen to the nonsense for the rest of the inning because we didn't want to mess up the juju," said Cole.

Gerrit Cole's teammate, Anthony Rizzo downplays the superstitions the Yankees partake in

New York Yankees - Gerrit Cole and Anthony Rizzo (Photo via IMAGN)

While Yankees ace Gerrit Cole believes these are superstitions, Anthony Rizzo has another name for them. He does not see them so much as superstitions, but "routines" that players get in the habit of doing.

"Some of it's, I guess, superstition, but it's really just all part of your routine bulding up to the game" said Rizzo.

Baseball players are the most superstitious group of athletes, and it will likely stay that way with this level of reasoning.