Superstitious actor Eric Ladin brings blindfold to Astros game

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Like most sports fans, Eric Ladin is superstitious.

While filming History Channel's "Six" in Vancouver, he was on the set while the Astros beat the Yankees in Games 1 and 2 of the American League Championship Series. Unable to watch, he kept updated with the occasional peek at his phone as friends tried to keep him informed.

He got a break from shooting this week and was able to watch Games 3, 4 and 5 on TV. With Ladin watching, the Astros bats went cold and they lost all three games.

For the superstitious among us, it doesn't take much to put two-and-two together to figure out the source of the Astros' hitting problems.

Ladin realized that, but he also had a conundrum: He was able to get tickets for Game 6, and a possible Game 7 at Minute Maid Park. He couldn't turn that down, so he flew to his hometown to watch the games, curse be damned.

When Lance Zierlein - his partner on the new podcast Off Script with Lance Zierlein - pointed out Ladin's selfishness, he came up with a compromise. He would still go to the games, but he would bring a blindfold, and if the Astros needed a big hit, he would cover his eyes with the blindfold, thus not jinxing his favorite team with his cursed eyes.

True to his word, Ladin arrived at Minute Maid Park with a blue bandana in his backpocket, and said he was fully prepared to go to extremes to make sure the Astros got the two wins they needed to advance to the World Series.

"Whatever it takes, man," Ladin said.

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Before the bottom of the fifth inning, Ladin tweeted a picture of himself wearing the blindfold and said "IT'S TIME!!!!" Not to freak you out or anything, but the Astros broke through for three runs that inning.

The 39-year-old Ladin grew up in Houston and went to Kinkaid High School. After graduating from University of Southern Cal, Ladin's acting career took off.

Ladin's breakout role came in 2008 when he was in the HBO miniseries Generation Kill. He went on to have recurring roles in shows such as Mad Men, Big Love, Boardwalk Empire, The Brink and The Killing.

He currently is filming the second season of History Channel's Six, which chronicles the operations and daily lives of members of SEAL Team Six.

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