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Henry Rowengartner will attend Cubs’ Game 4 for good luck

By Cody Williams

October 20, 2015; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Trevor Cahill (53) pitches the sixth inning against the New York Mets in game three of the NLCS at Wrigley Field. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports
October 20, 2015; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Trevor Cahill (53) pitches the sixth inning against the New York Mets in game three of the NLCS at Wrigley Field. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports /
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Thomas Ian Nicholas, who played Henry Rowengartner in ‘Rookie of the Year,’ hopes to get the Cubs’ mojo working in Game 4

The Chicago Cubs need a victory in Game 4 of their NLCS series against the New York Mets on Wednesday night as they have fallen behind 3-0 in the series. After the way the Mets have dominated the Cubbies over the first three games of the series, Chicago is going to need every bit of luck and good mojo going their way on Wednesday night. They’ll have at least one good luck charm at Wrigley Field in the form of the great Henry Rowengartner.

Well, it’s actually actor Thomas Ian Nicholas who will be in attendance for the Cubs’ Game 4, but he will be wearing a “Rowengartner” jersey for the first time since he played the phenom kid pitcher in the movie Rookie of the Year.

As reported by ESPN, Nicholas is actually a huge Cubs fan and normally wears his personalized jersey with his actual last name on it. After he was unable to attend Game 3 because of his 4-year-old son’s birthday, though, he called up the Cubs and asked if they could whip up a Rowengartner jersey for him to fly into Chicago and wear for Game 4.

The Cubs gladly obliged in trying to get luck on their side and to try and turn around the series.

If there’s one person that can change the mojo of this series in favor of the Cubs, it’s the man who once played Henry Rowengartner, the 12-year-old pitcher that led the Cubs to a World Series title. Coincidentally, Rowengartner’s biggest foe in the film is the Mets, who the pitcher has to beat to take the Cubbies to the World Series. Sound familiar?

This sounds like as good of a plan as any to try and get Lady Luck on the side of the Cubs for once this century. If that doesn’t work, they can always just tell Cubs starting pitcher Jason Hammel to “float it.” That’s what worked for Rowengartner:

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