The Chicago Cubs have won nine of their past 12 games and credit the power of Taylor Swift to their recent winning ways.
Manager Craig Counsell was recently gifted a scented candle called "This Candle Smells Like Taylor Swift" and since then the Cubs have played their way into NL wild card contention. As of Thursday, on the back of completing a three-game sweep of Pittsburgh Pirates, they sit 5 1/2 games out of a playoff spot.
Counsell told Marquee Sports Network this week that he and the team's clubhouse manager, Danny Mueller, have lit the candle before each of the Cubs' past 12 games as part of their new pregame routine.