That’s a good analogy as I’m given to understand that as a demographic professional baseball players are particularly superstitious. I wonder how many players who are (for example) loathe to forgo their “lucky” socks before a game, also happen to be atheists?
I bought a new pair of shoes just the other day for a funeral, and on returning home placed them on the table in the living room while I took of my coat and changed. I chuckled to myself as I imagined my maternal grandmother going utterly bananas if she could’ve seen it. We’re are peculiar species and no mistake.