If the Yankees Make the Playoffs, They Can Thank This Half-Man, Half-Horse

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Baseball superstitions have always been a little bizarre (read: Moises Alou peeing on his own hands), but the new one coming out of the Bronx might be the goofiest one yet. Yankees reliever Shawn Kelley decided to don a creepy horse mask during pregame warm-ups last week, and now the Bombers are unstoppable. And, now that New York has won five straight games since the lucky charm's first appearance, the Yanks have their wildly disconcerting version of the "Rally Monkey."

With a crucial series coming up against the Tigers, Kelley's mask better be on a plane to Detroit. For more on this story, check out the video above.

[via Yahoo! Sports]

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