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'Rookie of the Year' star returning to Wrigley Field

posted 10 years ago by NobodymournstheWicked
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'Rookie of the Year' star returning to Wrigley Field

Thomas Ian Nicholas in the film "Rookie of the Year."
Luis Gomez
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10:59 p.m. CDT, July 10, 2014

You knew the Cubs would find some way to include “Rookie of the Year” into Wrigley Field’s 100th anniversary celebration. After all, the Cubs won the World Series in the 1993 movie.

Thomas Ian Nicholas – who played Henry Rowengartner, a 12-year-old who develops a killer fastball thanks to a freak accident -- will throw out the first pitch and sing the 7th inning stretch during Saturday’s Cubs-Atlanta Braves game at Wrigley. Nicholas is also known for his work in the “American Pie” franchise and will appear in the upcoming Fox drama “Red Band Society.”

He said by email that this will be his fourth time throwing out the first pitch and singing the 7th inning stretch at Wrigley, where he filmed “Rookie of the Year” with director and co-star Daniel Stern and Gary Busey.

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“Gary was still pretty crazy back then,” Nicholas said. “Though he was the nicest to me. He once carried me by my underwear across the lunch room in front of 100 cast and crew members... as I mentioned he was the nicest to me.”

Nicholas will perform Saturday with his band, Thomas Nicholas Band, at GMan Tavern. Afterward, he'll celebrate his birthday (which was Thursday) at Vertigo Sky Lounge in the Dana Hotel and Spa.

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[–] NobodymournstheWicked 10 years ago

If you want to watch him sing the stretch, the game is on locally in the Chicago area on WGN TV, and will also be aired nationally on WGN America, so that will be tomorrow. The game time is 3:00 P.M. (central time) , so look for it to happen around 5:00 depending how long it takes to get to the 7th inning, and how fast they get through the 7th inning, before he leads the stretch. It can be sooner it can be later, depending on how fast or slow the game gets, like say if there is a lot of scoring or if there is not a lot of scoring, and again the same with any pitching changes that takes place while an inning goes on.