ATLANTA – Everything seems to be going right for Adam Frazier these days, so he’s trying to keep his superstitions in check.
Whatever he’s doing has worked thus far, because the Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman leads the National League with 58 hits and has hit .386 in 83 at-bats with eight doubles in his past 20 games since April 28.
Frazier said he’s even careful to put his toothpaste and toothbrush in the same spot to begin each day.
“I put my pants on every day when I come to the field, which foot I put on the bench to tie my cleats first because I don’t tie my cleats until I get out in the dugout,” he said, “to what bat cubby I put the helmet in, to what batting glove I put on first, to spray my hands with the stick stuff first. Then if I doesn’t work for a few at-bats, you change it.
“And if that works, then you keep going.”