LOOK: Henry Rowengartner throws out first pitch at Cubs game
On Tuesday, actor Thomas Ian Nicholas threw out the first pitch Wrigley Field. He played Henry Rowengartner in the 1993 film "Rookie of the Year."
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Mike Axisa
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Way back in the day (1993, to be exact), a fun little baseball film called Rookie of the Year hit theaters. The plot of the movie revolves around a 12-year-old kid named Henry Rowengartner, who breaks his arm and comes back throwing super hard after it heals, hard enough that the Cubs sign him.
Here's the very early-1990s-ish trailer:
At Wrigley Field on Tuesday, actor Thomas Ian Nicholas, who played Rowengartner, threw out the first pitch prior to the Cubs-Cardinals game. Here are some photos:
Former "Rookie of the Year" Thomas Ian Nicholas (@TINBand) threw a first pitch. Maybe he'll be an extra bullpen arm? pic.twitter.com/lRFvvVl0Qy
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) July 7, 2015
A photo posted by Aaron Leavitt (@leavittam) onJul 7, 2015 at 4:48pm PDT
And here is Nicholas leading Take Me Out To The Ballgame during the seventh inning stretch:
This isn't the first time Rowengartner ... I mean Nicholas has thrown out the first pitch at Wrigley. He did it in 2013 and 2014 as well.
