There's just something freaky about No. 13

Hello Dibble. Did jason bourne get evicted?

When I was a kid I had 13-itis. I received the number in L.L. on friday the 13th, and asked for a different one. Only one that fit. Then I move up to Babe Ruth and I get 13 again. I switch to 3. Then I am put in leadoff spot. Batter 1 number 3, then I pitch and position 1 number 3. Drove me crazy.
Funny though, never hurt my b.a. or ability.

Then I have a son on April 13. My son tells me his lucky number is 13, wears it in L.L. and up to high school. On april 13 '03, His b-day, he goes 3-3 with a triple and 3 rbi's. Pitches 3 innings and fans 3. Everything 13 has turned into a blessing for me.
Since he is one of my 2 greatest blessings, I am happy to display 13 anytime.

Coachric:

A veritable Baker's Dozen of anecdotes surrounding the number 13...all of that sitting and thinking that you do has given us a glimpse into your numeric background...thanks!

...<--- Baker's Dozen

I started wearing 13 as a freshman in HS. It was a very lucky number for me. Funny you should mention April 13. April 13 is my Dad's birthday (Happy Birthday Dad) and was always my best day of the year for baseball. That freshman year, we played away at a field were in deep left field was a lake. I ripped a shot deep into the lake that day that actually hit a fisherman in his boat 2nd dinger of the game !!

I was the anti-superstitious player. I stepped on the foul lines and talked about a no-no I was throwing

13 will always be my number

I'm a 13 guy too. Always been a lucky number for me.

I was born on Friday, Nov. 13 1959.

Wore #13 in every sport that I could talk the coach into giving it to me.

Oddly enough, traditionally lucky numbers have been nearly fatal to me.

On 7-7-77, I was a passenger in a one-car wreck with my best friend. The car was utterly destroyed. We were hurt, but by the looks of the car, should have been toast.

My best friend's birthdate: Friday, November 13, 1959.

And 7-7-77 was my mother's birthday!

Wooden stakes!...get your wooden stakes!...drive the Devil and his minions away! Two for a buck!

Hey...I gotta' pay the bills somehow!

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Originally posted by cong:
I started wearing 13 as a freshman in HS. It was a very lucky number for me. Funny you should mention April 13. April 13 is my Dad's birthday (Happy Birthday Dad) and was always my best day of the year for baseball. That freshman year, we played away at a field were in deep left field was a lake. I ripped a shot deep into the lake that day that actually hit a fisherman in his boat 2nd dinger of the game !!

I was the anti-superstitious player. I stepped on the foul lines and talked about a no-no I was throwing

I was gonna be 13 this year, I wanted to try and break the curse. But I decided to go with 11. MNmom, if you see this, will you change me to mustangs11

Dibble, did you get homesick? Or sick of the Italian food? You must have got sick somehow.

AK,

Sorry, I missed your PM earlier about changing to #11. Are you sure you want to be mustangs11 rather than AKBaseball-11? Some of us are going to be very confused!

Julie

Gee, that # has worked just fine for Ozzie!

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Originally posted by Rob Kremer:
And 7-7-77 was my mother's birthday!

1877?

How about this one - my younger son (The Monkey) was born at 00:06 (six minutes after midnight) on the 6th day of June (the 6th month).

LOL

Evil monkey!

dbg_fan:

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Originally posted by dbg_fan:

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Originally posted by Rob Kremer:
And 7-7-77 was my mother's birthday!

1877?

Good question...at least one person was paying attention and wiiling and able to do the math!

its:

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Originally posted by itsinthegame:
How about this one - my younger son (The Monkey) was born at 00:06 (six minutes after midnight) on the 6th day of June (the 6th month).

LOL

Evil monkey!

Wow! When it came to timing your son's birth you didn't monkey around!

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Originally posted by MN-Mom:
AK,

Sorry, I missed your PM earlier about changing to #11. Are you sure you want to be mustangs11 rather than AKBaseball-11? Some of us are going to be very confused!

Julie

I want it to be AKBaseball11, sorry bout the confusion.

Gotwood

Drive the devil or drive the dibble?

"What the devil? I called it first! Dibs on dabbling in drivel!"

dbg_fan:

No, not birthdate, birthday! She turned 44 that day.

My son, who was born on Sept 13, just threw his first no hitter in high school yesterday on April 13 , which is his sister's birthday.His uniform is #15 and he had 15 strikeouts.

A coach friend of mine was on the phone with another coach discussing a game they had just played, he had the scorebook in hand and counted their hits, they had 13 hits, the opposing coach wanted to know how many walks, he checked, 13 walks! So then he counted K's and they struck out 13 times. I guess we'll have to wait and see if it had any meaning!