Paul Byrd Isn't Superstitious, Just Lazy

When Paul Byrd was traded from the Indians to the Red Sox earlier this week, he faced the prospect of having to find a new uniform number: the No. 36 that Byrd sported with the Tribe was already claimed by Kevin Cash. Fortunately for Byrd, though, it didn't take much convincing for Cash to cough it up. From the Boston Globe:

"I owe him something,'' said Byrd."I hear he's a boots guy so I'll have to get him a pair of boots, maybe a watch. It was real nice. I don't know if the number is important to him but it's been my number for a while so it's awfully nice of him to give it up.''

So what's the deal, did Byrd want his old uniform number because of some crazy superstition? Umm ... not quite.

Byrd added that he had no superstitions about the number 36, just that he liked it and had worn it for a long time. "It's involved in some of my passwords on the computer so if I switched numbers I'd have to change all that up -- no good.''

Yeah, no good at all. Part of me wants to get all geeky and lecture everyone about how they should change their passwords every month, but seriously, no one changes their passwords. Like, ever. And when you're on the road stuck in a hotel room late at night and you're missing your wife, well, there's nothing worse than having a computer and forgetting the password to all your favorite sites.