Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy isn’t buying into the Milwaukee hotel ghost stories - and he’s not running from them, either.
The chatter centers on the Pfister Hotel, the downtown Milwaukee building that has housed visiting teams since it opened in 1893. Over the years, plenty of players have complained about the place, but Muncy took a much more relaxed approach when asked about the supposed hauntings.
“If there’s a ghost in there, come on in. If the TV turns on, I know he’s just friendly and hopefully he’s just not there to disturb me,” Muncy said to Dodgers Nation’s Noel Sanchez.
“I welcome them if there’s a ghost, let’s have a good time with it. Come on in.”
Muncy’s stance fits into a familiar Dodgers storyline in Milwaukee. Since 2022, Mookie Betts has chosen to get his own Airbnb instead of staying in the team hotel.
“I don’t believe in ghosts,” Betts said in the past. “But I don’t want to find out that I’m wrong.”
Teoscar Hernandez also steered clear of the hotel during last year’s NLCS after his wife, Jennifer, wasn’t comfortable staying there.
“I don’t believe in ghosts,” Hernandez said last year. “I have stayed in there before.
I’ve never seen anything or heard anything. But my wife (Jennifer) is on this trip, and she said she doesn’t want to stay there.
“So we have to find another hotel. But I’ve been hearing from other players and other wives that it’s something happening in these couple of nights.”
Hernandez later explained that even though he had never personally seen anything unusual, the stories were enough to make him think twice.
“I’ve stayed there before and never seen anything,” Hernandez added. “But my wife said she didn’t want to stay there.
Then I started hearing stories - lights going off, doors opening, footsteps. I was like, okay, that’s enough.”
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