Posted on 03/16/2026 6:35:57 AM PDT by V_TWIN
For some people, spiders are no joke.
Arachnophobia affects between 2.7-6.1% of people and is one of the most common anxiety disorders, according to the National Institutes of Health. The wolf spider, garden spider and the house spider are most common in Tampa, Florida.
It’s unclear if New York Yankees pitcher Cam Schlittler deals with the fear, but he made sure that the insect was taken care of before a spring training game.
Schlittler called security to get a spider out of his locker before the team took on the Detroit Tigers, according to the YES Network. Schlittler didn’t pitch in the game as the Yankees fell to the Tigers, 12-1.
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same here..love snakes...absolutley hate spiders.
Mr. Schlittler, see my tagline. :-)
Hahahahahahahah! That’s hilarious!
Of course, now he has opened himself up to ALL the kinds of mischief that can take place in a locker room...
Someone tickling the back of his neck from afar with a feather while someone is interviewing him...fake cobwebs...or real ones in his locker...realistic spiders placed in shoes, gloves...hats!
The list is endless.
Smaller spiders are the ones to worry about.
Though now that I think about it, a well-aimed fastball would have done the job nicely, too...
It had a gun?
“Smaller spiders are the ones to worry about.”
You may be thinking about scorpions
I don’t know if this will make you feel any better, but…
Spiders eat bedbugs.
Depends on what kind of spider. Brown Recluse or Black Widow would be a risk but a guy with fast reflexes ought to be able to whack it himself unless it skittered into hiding too fast.
It does sound funny, but maybe he had to be somewhere and had to leave its demise to security.
But why post it in X? 🤔
Imagine him pitching final game World Series away, last out, and someone unfolds a giant image of a garden spider behind the plate.
I had a feeling I would see that meme. I must be psychic!
I never heard anyone call them Palmetto bugs until I grew up, and moved away. They were roaches to us, and when you saw one, beware, because that usually meant that there was an army more of them hiding in crevices or behind a wall. Only nuclear bombs get rid of those creatures.
So of course, I hate roaches. Fortunately, we don’t seem to have them here in the Midwest. However, we have a plethora of other bugs that like to invade our homes. I hate stink bugs (box elder bugs). Normal bug spray doesn’t work on them. Rubbing alcohol works though.
That is hilarious! OMG! That would make me RUN! I am stealing that graphic!
But of course!
And if it is in my attached garage, I may not kill it. But if it is in the house, death to the spider. And if it walks on me...death with prejudice.
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