Red Sox Have New 'Good Luck Charm,' And It's Not What You Think

Red Sox Have New 'Good Luck Charm,' And It's Not What You Think originally appeared on NESN. Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here.Boston Red Sox fans have grown used to each team adopting a new quirk every season.

In 2013, the city rallied behind "Fear the Beard" on its way to a World Series title. In 2018, Boston coined the "Win, Dance, Repeat" that nearly every outfield in Major League Baseball still emulates to this day.In the 2020s, it was a laundry cart in the dugout that delivered celebratory rides to home run hitters before the team adopted its current Wally head celebration.

The next viral Red Sox icon might just be Nintendo's big bad, Bowser from the original "Super Mario Bros."Tim Healey of the Boston Globe reported that a figurine of the Nintendo icon is being awarded to the player of the game inside Boston's locker room. "In their search for fun, the Red Sox have a new talisman being passed around the clubhouse: a jumbo-sized figurine of Bowser, the evil, bipedal, fire-breathing turtle-monster/kidnapper of Super Mario video game fame," Healey reported.

Wilyer Abreu earned Bowser as a reward for his one home run, two double, 3 RBI game against the Texas Rangers on Friday.The massive monster sat in Abreu's locker until Saturday night, when it migrated into Ceddanne Rafaela's possession to commemorate his two-RBI single in the bottom of the 7th inning that gave the Red Sox the lead late. If Bowser delivers the Red Sox their first series sweep in nearly a month, he will forever have a fan in me.

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