For the second consecutive year, Mookie Betts will stay in an AirBnb in Milwaukee instead of with the Dodgers at the haunted Pfister Hotel

The Los Angeles Dodgers are in Milwaukee four game set against the Brew Crew this week, but don’t expect to find Mookie Betts at the team hotel. 

Mookie Betts was activated from the injured list on Monday, but for the second consecutive season, he will opt to stay in a AirBnb rather than Milwaukee’s Pfister Hotel – which has a long history of paranormal activity.

Last year, Mookie Betts opted to join friends in an AirBnB and is doing the same this year. While the Dodgers outfielder doesn’t believe in ghosts, he definitely does not like them and is unwilling to take any chances this week in Milwaukee.

Betts did stay at the haunted hotel previously with no issue but the paranoia alone kept him up all night, which could be the reason he went 2-for-12 during the Dodgers’ visit to Milwaukee last season. Not even staying at the hotel but scared at the possibility of ghosts lurking through the streets of Milwaukee? Definitely soft behavior for an MLB All-Star but when you play in La La Land for the Dodgers, I guess it checks out.

Mookie Betts won’t stay with Dodgers at Pfister Hotel

#Dodgers RF Mookie Betts, for second straight year, declined to stay with team in supposedly haunted Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee. He’s at an Air BnB. He don’t like ghosts.

— Mike DiGiovanna (@MikeDiGiovanna) August 12, 2024

Ghosts of The Pfister Hotel

The Pfister Hotel was built in 1893 $1 million as a “Grand Hotel of the West”. It’s been the premier accommodation downtown in Milwaukee ever since. To this day, it continues to serve guests from all over the world and sticks to its tradition of providing gracious style and impeccable service to visitors.

During a period of decline in the late 50’s early 60’s, the hotel was purchased by Ben Marcus, who was determined to bring the hotel back to its former glory. Several years of renovations took place and some significant additions were made, including a new 23-story guest room tower.

The famed Pfister Hotel is one of the haunted locations in Wisconsin, and arguably one of the most haunted hotels in the country. It is a historical landmark in Milwaukee which is the home of professional baseball and basketball teams whenever they are in town.

[Haunted Rooms]

The Pfister Hotel has a long history of bizarre incidents, and the list involving Major League Baseball players continues to grow each season – most notably with Mookie Betts bailing on the stay the past two seasons.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel outlined a full list here. I posted cliff notes below.

2001: Adrián Beltré

Beltré claims there was knocking at his door while staying at the Pfister Hotel, even when he had the television and air conditioner turned off.

2008: Carlos Gómez

“Everything’s scary. Everything in the hotel — the paintings and pictures, it’s a lot of old, crazy stuff. No good, man. No good.” – Carlos Gómez

2009: Brendan Ryan 

“It was more like a moving light that kind of passed through the room,” the Cardinals infielder told a local TV station. “The room got a little bit chillier.” – Brendan Ryan 

2009: Pablo Sandoval

“I went to take a shower, and I remember putting my iPod next to a speaker. When I came out, it was playing music, and I have no idea why.” Sandoval and teammate Edgar Renteria refused to stay with the rest of the team at the Pfister in 2010. – [ESPN]

2011: Michael Young

“A couple of years ago, 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.” – Michael Young

2012: Bryce Harper

“I laid a pair of jeans and a shirt on that table at the foot of the bed. When I woke up in the morning — I swear on everything — the clothes were on the floor and the table was on the opposite side of the room.” – Bryce Harper (Nationals)

2013: Brandon Phillips 

Phillips said he was in his room when the radio turned on. “So I turned it off, and got in the shower.” When he came back out, it was on again. [ESPN]

2013: C.J. Wilson

“I was on the computer one night, doing my typical shtick — surfing the web, sending an email, editing a photo — and then all of a sudden the lights started flickering,” Wilson said. “I’m thinking to myself, I’m going to be so pissed if my computer dies. Then the light just shuts off. And then the TV shuts off. And then the light turns back on, but the light at the front door turns off. I just yelled out, ‘Really?’ – C.J. Wilson

2016: Ji-Man Choi

Choi was playing first base for the Los Angeles Angels at the time when he reported feeling the presence of a spirit in his bed. [MLB]

2016: Pedro Álvarez

Brewers manager Craig Counsell said he heard former Pirates infielder Pedro Álvarez had experienced weirdness at the hotel, which matches up with a story told in 2016 by Pirates manager Clint Hurdle. Hurdle didn’t name names but said one of his players became spooked when a TV in his room turned on twice in one night. [Call To The Pen]

2016: Jon Gray

Jon Gray, who is a part-time ghost hunter, got a chance to tackle the Pfister in 2016. [Cut4]

2018: Carlos Martinez and Marcell Ozuna

Carlos Martinez expressed that he had seen some sort of floating ghost on Instagram in June, and teammate Marcell Ozuna believed he had seen something similar, so the two elected to room together.

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