Check out the closeup shots of, for instance, Josh Beckett, Marco Scutaro, Adam Lind, Hideki Okajima, and I’m sure I could think of a few others. They all wear necklaces made of what looks like braided nylon, two colors including white, and some sort of splice connection. I don’t see any Catholic medals hanging from them, either.
So what’s the deal with those things? Is this just some well-marketed fad product that’s supposed to align your bodily power flux or some such foolishness?
Yep. Phiten is one of the better known brands.
I’m not sure if you said this in jest or not but…yes. That’s exactly the sort of snake oil that these necklaces are purporting to have.
It was less in simple jest than in bemusement that this sort of shit still actually gets believed, but thanks for the confirmation.
They’re worn by people who think Wins are the most important pitching statistic. 
They look like the rope your soap on a rope used to come on. In other words, holy moly, they’re ugly and silly.
I don’t own that necklace. 
You’re talking about those Phiten necklaces right? There’s a Phiten store in downtown Seattle plastered with photos of star atheletes. They even regularly advertise on Mariner games.
Maybe Lackey ought to take his off.
I think he’s wearing it upside down, getting the flow all wrong.