The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee has one extra room available this week.
The Dodgers are staying at the 130-year-old hotel for their series against the Brewers, minus one. Mookie Betts rented his own Airbnb for the series, avoiding the hotel many consider to be haunted.
Despite his refusal to stay at the Pfister, Betts said Tuesday that he doesn't actually believe in ghosts. He is avoiding the hotel "just in case" he's wrong and stories about ghosts in the building are true.
#Dodgers are staying at legendary haunted Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee -- but not Mookie Betts. Rented an Airbnb for some friends and is staying there "just in case" the stories about ghosts are true. Said he doesn't really believe in ghosts but doesn't want to find out he's wrong
— Bill Plunkett (@billplunkettocr) May 9, 2023
Betts has stayed at the Pfister in the past and didn't encounter any ghosts himself, but the stories he heard were enough to spook him.
"I couldn't sleep. Every noise, I'd be like, 'Is that something?'" he told Orange County Register's Bill Plunkett.
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So, what are those stories?
Former Rangers infielder Michael Young told ESPN Magazine that he believes he encountered something in his room at the Pfister.
"I was lying in bed after a night game, and I was out. My room was locked, but I heard these footsteps inside my room, stomping around," Young said, explaining that he shouted toward the supposed ghost that he could stay but didn't want to be woken up again. Young said he didn't hear another noise for the rest of the night.
Bryce Harper once said he woke up to a rearranged room, which he first believed was a prank by a teammate.
"Clothes were on the floor and the table was on the opposite side of the room against the wall," Harper told ESPN Magazine.
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Former Brewers outfield Carlos Gomez says no one wants to stay there. "Everything's scary. Everything in the hotel, the paintings and pictures, it's a lot of old, crazy stuff. No good, man. No good," he said.
While Pirates first baseman Ji-Man Choi claims he feels comfortable surrounded by ghosts, Betts isn't taking any chances. Someone's Airbnb in Milwaukee has a $365 million guest until the Dodgers leave town.
