FOR YEARS, TRAVELING Major League Baseball teams have stayed at the Pfister Hotel. And at least a few of them have reportedly seen otherworldly guests on the premises. Here are just a few of the many spectral sightings that have occurred over the years.
1.
Carlos Martinez
2018: Carlos Martinez, a pitcher for the St Louis Cardinals, tells his Instagram followers that he’s hiding out in a teammate’s room because he saw a ghost in his own. The caption for the post is more cute than creepy, though.
“I’m sorry, I can’t sleep alone tonight – #ghost in my room.”
2.
Justin Upton
2013: ESPN reaches out to seven players who say they’ve seen ghosts at the Pfister. Justin Upton, then (ironically) with the Atlanta Braves, seems especially shook.
“From the minute I walk in there, I’m freaked out. The whole place, the creepy lights on the side, everything. I have to sleep with the blinds open and the lights on. Next time, I’m finding another hotel and paying for it on my own. I can’t sleep there.”
3.
Carlos Gomez
2009: The Associated Press checks in on Carlos Gomez a year after the then-Minnesota Twin (and later Milwaukee Brewer) admitted to running into the Pfister lobby, half-dressed, when his iPod started playing songs on its own.
“Everything’s scary,” Gomez said. “Everything in the hotel, the paintings and pictures, it’s a lot of old, crazy stuff. No good, man.”
