This reminds me of the stories of the old Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee!
For years, the
Renaissance Vinoy Resort in St. Petersburg has been the hotel for teams visiting the Rays. For even longer, stories have persisted that the hotel is haunted. There's the one about former Reds reliever Scott Williamson awaking to see a mysterious undertaker-looking man in his room, then having an entity hold him down by his chest so he couldn't breathe -- only to find out the next day that the hotel once was owned by a man named Williamson who died in the Vinoy in the 1920s. Or the one about Pirates strength coordinator Frank Velasquez waking up in the middle of the night to see a blue-eyed man standing in front of his desk, wearing clothing from a much earlier era. Or the one about the woman who was murdered in Room 521 and has been seen roaming the fifth floor by numerous workers and visitors. The stories go on and on, to the point where more than a handful of players and coaches won't even stay at the hotel. Former Sox third baseman Joe Crede and a few other teammates told those ghost stories to Anderson and Quentin last season on the bus ride to the Vinoy, and by the time they arrived, the two decided they should be roomies for the series.
-- Chicago Sun-Times
