Former Chicago Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster predicted Dexter Fowler’s home run in a conversation with Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder.
The Chicago Cubs got a big 4-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night, winning the Wild Card match up to advance to the National League Divisional Series. Former Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster was in attendance along side Pearl Jam lead signer Eddie Vedder and predicted Dexter Fowler’s home run.
From the Chicago Tribune:
"Some of Epstein’s special assistants were on hand Wednesday, including former Cubs pitchers Kerry Wood and Ryan Dempster. Eddie Vedder was watching in a suite with Dempster when Dexter Fowler came up in the fifth. Dempster told Vedder that Fowler would homer, and Fowler promptly homered to make it 4-0.“Dempster called it,” Vedder said. “It was the craziest thing.”"
Fowler’s home run was the final score of the game and essentially a dagger that might have put the game out of reach and killed the hopes of Pirates fans.
Vedder, who is an Evanston native, is a diehard Cubs fan and was hanging with Theo Epstein in the dugout in Pittsburgh before the game and has been a presence at games this year, singing during the 7th inning stretch in May.
Vedder wrote a song in 2008 called “All the way” that was meant to be the anthem to a World Series run, but has only seen many unsuccessful Cubs seasons.
The legendary Ernie Banks, aka Mr. Cub, allegedy requested the song to be written, and Vedder even brought Banks on stage at a Wrigley Field concert during the song.
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