Dansby Swanson attends Vanderbilt baseball game at Cubs spring training facility
Vanderbilt baseball played UC Irvine on Sunday at Sloan Park, where the Chicago Cubs hold spring training games.
Naturally, Dansby Swanson came to watch his former team play.
The mlb.com broadcast showed the Cubs shortstop and his wife, Mallory, taking the game in from a suite at the ballpark located in Mesa, Arizona. The Cubs begin playing spring training games Thursday.
Swanson hit .330 with 18 home runs across his three seasons with the Commodores from 2013-15. He was the first overall pick in the 2015 MLB draft and spent parts of seven seasons with the Atlanta Braves, including being part of their World Series championship team in 2021. He signed with the Cubs on a seven-year, $177-million contract before the 2023 season.
He is known for his continued involvement with the Vanderbilt program. In 2022 his quip, "We don't do orange" during a press conference while with the Braves later prompted the Commodores to sell t-shirts with the anti-Tennessee slogan. He made an appearance at Vanderbilt basketball's upset win over the Vols in January as part of a reunion of the 2014 national championship team.
The Commodores (1-1) are playing at Sloan Park as part of the MLB Desert Invitational tournament.
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Aria Gerson covers Vanderbilt athletics for The Tennessean. Contact her at agerson@gannett.com or on X, formerly Twitter, @aria_gerson.
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