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By Keagan Stiefel
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Baseball players are creatures of habit.
Left sock before right sock. Don't wash the lucky underwear. Keep the same hat all season. We've heard just about every superstition in the book.
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Chicago Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga introduced an entirely new one, however, as he credited his recent run of success to a new cell phone background?
No, really.
It's a classic story, which was shared by Marquee Sports Network's Taylor McGregor on Wednesday. Cubs teammate Ben Brown stole the left-handers phone and took a picture of himself on a training table. Imanaga liked the photo so much he decided to make it his new home screen -- which coincided with the time right things started clicking for him on the mound.
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Imanaga likes to call it, "Lucky Benjamin."
It's undoubtedly working, too!
Imanaga has a 2.06 ERA in his last 10 starts since making the change, much better than the 4.74 ERA he carried across his first 13 outings of the season. Brown even gets to take some credit for the run, as he's been out with a neck strain since June 19.
The Cubs are certainly happy with the turnaround, especially as they continue to fight for the National League Central crown with the Milwaukee Brewers.
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