Derek Shomon
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And and I did that.
So it would their response is exactly what probably you experience with your Cubs fans and as expected.
Yeah, I think you have this moment of, like, super...
just like an overwhelming feel of like gratitude and like feeling very fortunate to be in this position.
It is like an emotional thing, right?
Like you are,
you are being hired by your team that you rooted for growing up.
That is your hometown team.
And so there was a moment of like, this is, this is happening.
This is amazing.
Super, super again, fortunate to be in this position, but that's like quickly followed up with, okay, now it's time to get to work.
And like, I want to make sure that I'm doing right by this organization.
I'm doing right by the staff members around me.
I'm doing right by the players I'm doing right by the fan base.
Right.
That's so, so much want continued.
quality, competitive baseball on the South side.
And, and I mean that wholeheartedly.
So you have a moment where you're a little emotional in the best of ways, and then it's like, it's time to get to work.
So.