Cubs win, reporter swims.
Cubs win, reporter swims.
Michael Cerami, a Cubs reporter for Bleacher Nation, tweeted that if Cubs center fielder Ian Happ led off Chicago’s Opening Day game with a home run he’d jump in Lake Michigan.
Sure enough, Happ homered on the very first pitch of the season and Cerami was forced to go for a March swim.
«I’M ALREADY REGRETTING THIS,» Cerami tweeted after Happ drilled the solo home run.
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A video quickly surfaced of the reporter sticking to his promise.
«Before today’s Cubs game I made a bet that I’d jump into Lake Michigan if Ian Happ hit a leadoff home run. That’s exactly what he did and I’m a man of my word, so here goes nothing,» Cerami said as he dove into the lake.
The National Weather Service said Thursday’s temperature of Lake Michigan was 41 degrees.
Cerami’s mother apparently responded to the reporter’s video on Twitter, calling her son crazy.
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Happ also caught wind of the video and told Cerami he had «great form» on the dive into the lake.
After Cerami went swimming, the Cubs finished off the Marlins 8-4 on Opening Day.
