He didn’t see the image until afterward, but there stood Eddie Vedder in the Safeco Field stands last September clutching a sign rooting on Justin Morneau.
The Pearl Jam frontman and White Sox designated hitter have been friends for the past five years. Vedder attended a game with his own family late in the 2015 season when Morneau, then with the Colorado Rockies, played a road series in Seattle. Vedder grabbed the sign his two daughters had made and thought it would be funny to have a photo taken.
“It’s pretty crazy when you think about it,” Morneau said.