Eddie Vedder Talks Cubs World Series, and Being a Cubs Fan in Guest Appearance
In Tempe Beach Park in Tempe, Arizona, Eddie Vedder was the headliner at a baseball themed music festival, Innings Festival. The festival was packed with your favorite 90’s alternative or rock bands including Incubus, Sheryl Crow, Cake, Blues Traveler, Jimmy Eat World, and Vedder. The event also had a host of baseball greats, including Roger Clemons, Rollie Fingers, Jim Thome, Matt Williams, Sean Casey, Houston Street, Jake Peavy, Brett Saberhagen, Eric Brynes, Shawn Estes, and Ryan Dempster.
After the event, Dempster hosted an Off The Mound talk show where he had Vedder on as a special guest.
The two would talk about the 2016 Cubs World Series championship, described growing up a Cubs fan as “an intense and truly remarkable character builder.” He went on to talk about his grandfather taking him to his first game at Wrigley Field and watching the Cubs on WGN on old black and white TV’s.
We all know what you mean Eddie.
