BENBROOK, TEXAS (AP) - Police in the Dallas area are investigating whether two high school baseball players sacrificed chickens in a bid to improve their games.
Police in Benbrook, Texas, say a 15- and 16-year-old “engaged in acts that caused the death of two baby chickens. It appears that superstition relating to a slump in baseball performance could have played a part.”
Western Hills High School baseball coach Bobby McIntire says he has not had a chance to talk to the students about why they did it. He told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that “baseball is very superstitious” and the idea possibly came from movies they say.
School officials say the boys have been kicked off the team.
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