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'Rookie of the Year' actor hopes to rescue Cubs

With the Chicago Cubs' season on the line Wednesday they will turn to a familiar face in hopes of some good luck and a miraculous turnaround -- Henry Rowengartner.

Thomas Ian Nicholas who played Rowengartner, a 12-year old with a 100-mph fastball who helps lift the Cubs to a World Series championship, in the 1993 film "Rookie of the Year," will be in attendance Wednesday at Wrigley Field for Game 4 of the NLCS against the New York Mets. Nicholas, now 35, has thrown out the first pitch and has sung "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" several times at Wrigley, but this trip is hastily planned, so he won't be doing either.