A Few Minutes With Jody Gerut
We caught up with new Cubs outfielder Jody Gerut before last night's game. Although he grew up a Sox fan in the western suburbs, Jody is thrilled to be a Cub.
What was your reaction to the trade?
Shock. I was totally shocked by it, but I started to think about it and I just got real excited. To be back home playing in Chicago in front of my friends and family, the chance to go to Al's Beef and Mario's Lemonade - it's going to be great.
You grew up a Sox fan in Lombard, but your Dad was a Cubs fan so he has to be very excited.
His dream for me was for me to play for the Cubs in a World Series so now half of that dream has been fulfilled. I'm going to do my best to get the other half going.
The chance to go to Wrigley Field every day and do my job is so ideal that I can't even talk about it. It's unbelievable. I've got a lot of friends that are very jealous that this is what I'm doing for a living. I get paid to do this and it's going to be awesome.