Dodgers Hired Psychic to Help Team - it is alleged.

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 05:37 PM PDT on Drudge Retort

The Los Angeles Dodgers paid a Russian psychic for five years to send his positive energy to the team to help its on-field success, the Los Angeles Times reports. Vladimir Shpunt, 71, a scientist who claims he can heal people with the heat in his hands and heal them over long distances, was paid a six-figure bonus if the team won the National League East. Neither owner Frank McCourt nor his estranged wife Jamie will acknowledge hiring Shpunt, who watched games to channel positive "V energy" to the team. When the Dodgers in 2004 clinched their first playoff spot in eight years, the consultant who introduced Shpunt to the team emailed to Jamie, "The miracle finish … was the result of V energy. Frank was privileged to actually feel the energy."