Cubs followers are celebrating the impression of Taylor Swift.
Earlier than a second straight victory towards the Pirates on Tuesday that marked a fourth win in 5 video games, Cubs supervisor Craig Counsell stated a pregame custom with “a Taylor Swift candle” is the rationale for the workforce’s latest victory lap.
“I used to be gifted a Taylor Swift candle, and we’ve been lighting that earlier than video games in my workplace — clubhouse supervisor Danny Miller [and I],” Counsell, 54, stated earlier than Chicago beat Pittsburgh, 9-5, at PNC Park.
“We’ve been on a pleasant little run right here, so we’re going to credit score Taylor Swift,” he stated, smiling.
That roll continued Wednesday when the Cubs (68-66) tallied a 14-10 win to finish a three-game sweep of the Pirates (62-71).
The candle is labeled “This Smells Like Taylor Swift,” in response to MLB.com, which revealed a photograph of it on its web site.
Counsell didn’t disclose the scent of the Swift-themed candle — which is made by Candle Babes, a sister run enterprise in Chicago that sells hand-poured candles.
It retails for $21 and is available in quite a lot of scents together with Beverly Hills, Cactus Blossom, Mahogany Coconut and Attractive Cowboy.
The interviewer, Taylor McGregor of Marquee Sports activities Community, talked about “there’s numerous Swifties in Cubs nation” and that there “is perhaps some luck coming from these Swifties which have impacted the Cubs.”
Many Chicago followers and Swifties alike loved Counsell’s feedback.
“If the Cubs make the playoffs, I’ll hear to each certainly one of her songs from her 1st album to her final,” one individual wrote on X.
“Let’s go,” one other added, together with a GIF of Swift pumping her arm within the air.
Though Swift appears to don’t have any direct ties to the Cubs, she went public along with her and Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce’s relationship at an NFL sport towards the Bears final fall.
The Grammy-winning singer almost broke the web when she was noticed in a personal suite at Arrowhead Stadium with Kelce’s family and friends, together with his mother Donna Kelce, to look at the Chiefs crush the Bears, 41-10, on Sept. 24.
It marked Swift’s first public look at an NFL sport in assist of Kelce.
The three-time Tremendous Bowl champ was the primary to provoke their first assembly, as he beforehand shared on his “New Heights” podcast that he attended Swift’s “Eras Tour” live performance, and tried to offer her a friendship bracelet together with his cellphone quantity on it.
Kelce defined that Swift wasn’t assembly with anybody on the time with a purpose to protect her voice for her three-hour present.
The 2 later related and started quietly relationship final summer season.
Swift and Kelce, each 34, stepped out publicly collectively for the primary time whereas out in New York Metropolis final October.
The NFL star adopted Swift on her “Eras Tour” in Europe after he helped the Chiefs beat the 49ers within the Tremendous Bowl in February.
On Tuesday, Selection reported that the Kelce brothers secured a $100 million deal with with Amazon’s Wondery to supply and distribute their well-liked podcast.
Kelce additionally not too long ago turned an proprietor of a racehorse that had beforehand been named after Swift, The Submit solely reported.
