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The strange history of baseball’s superstitions: ‘Magic is in the sport’s very structure’

A new book looks at how rituals, charms and curses are central to the identity of America’s pastime

It’s a Chicago legend, nurtured like a hot dog with everything except ketchup. During the 1945 World…