Red Sox Magic Number - 13

With the big come from behind win against the Devil Rays last night - the Red Sox magic number is now 13.

The number 13 is considered an unlucky number. I always heard that is because of Judas Iscariot. The thinking was (I guess) Jesus would have been much better off with just 12 Apostles but instead with Judas he had 13.

Baseball players are a pretty superstitious bunch. No Red Sox player in history (with the exception of Eldon Auker in 1939) wore the number 13 until Reid Nichols took the number in 1985. Since Nichols broke the taboo - there have been 8 players to wear the number 13 with Alex Cora currently wearing it.