Q&A With Shawon Dunston

MLB.com: You played for Dusty Baker with the Giants. Does that help coming here?

Dunston: He knows I appreciate the game. I live comfortably because of the Cubs. I never had a job. I never filled an application for a job. I played baseball and now I'm set for life. I have no problem coming back and giving back to baseball.

MLB.com: You reached the World Series in 2002 with the San Francisco Giants, which is more than a lot of former Cubs can say.

Dunston: When I watch baseball and see the Angels, it bothers me because we lost to them in the World Series. My kids say, "Daddy, get over it." I say, "I can't." Then when the Cubs lost (last year in the NL Championship Series), I was hurt. They said, "Daddy, you don't even play." I said, "You see this house? They paid for this house. We live good because of those people. I know I don't play for them but you don't understand loyalty." They say, "Daddy, you don't play." I say, "I'm a Cub. I'm a Cub."


The man is a class act. Glad he's with the Cubs in some capacity.