Jori Parys reflects on singing national anthem at Cubs game Thursday

0:00Paris at House Hall. Here are three things that I learned from Bears training camp at great field. Joriparis CBS News Chicago at intentional sports on the city's west side. Joriparis CBS News Chicago at the Advocate Center. Joriparis CBS two news in bridge view. Joriparis CBS two news. I'm joined here now by two times. Super Bowl champion and New Orleans native Peyton Manning. Peyton here in Nackadish. You're getting inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. What does this mean to you? It's very special. Jorip, very humbled and honored by this, by this weekend. Peyton, congratulations and thank you so much for your time. Thank you very much. Our very own Joriparis was pitch perfect, singing the national anthem. The land of the free and the home of the brave. Joriparis performing the national anthem at Riggly Field tonight, prior to games four between the cups and the brood.

1:00Speegle at home afternoons on the score. Making her score debut right now is friend of Caitlin Sharkey. And now friend of the score, Joriparis from CBS Sports Chicago. Welcome, Jorip. Joining us on the score hotline brought to you by Potawatomi Casino in Otael, the Midwest, Bess Casino. That's you doing the anthem last night at Riggly Field. It sure was. Wow. I want a way to be welcomed onto the show. You guys can't thank you enough for having me even had some throwbacks in that welcome from my my first market until it was in years ago. So thank you so much for that and for having me this afternoon. How how thrilling is it to do the anthem on the field at Riggly? How many times have you done it? That was a great one from last night. Well, thank you so much. That was the second time that I've sang for the Cubs this year, which is pretty wild

2:01to say and surreal to say. And it was another pinch me moment for sure, right? And Matt, I know this is something that you can probably relate to. You can relate to having done so yourself, but it's kind of an indescribable feeling and you try to stay in the moment as much as you can and stay focused. But you know, always an electric atmosphere at Riggly ended up being a really fun night as we know and as we're seeing kind of circulate here on social media with all the stars in the building, but just truly honored each and every time and really, really couldn't appreciate it more. Yeah, so two times so you've got one more than me. I'm John. I'm NVS. I did it once last year. Hope to do it again sometime. But even if I never do, my God, it's like that's a big room. That's a good room to play. I was going to ask, Jory. I mean, there's a different energy and I don't even like to use the word nervous because I mean, you get to this point in your career and sometimes you know, you get amped up for a show and I'll be a little nervous before a certain special or whatever we do on live television.

3:01But I cannot even comprehend the amount of nerves I would have to sing in front of a crowd at Riggly Field. What do you, how do you like manage that and what is it? The same different like how are you feeling versus when you're doing live television at CBF Chicago? It's much different. It is not the same whatsoever. I'd be aligned to you if I said that I don't still try to manage some of the nerves when it comes to singing just because you know, television, we're doing it. We're getting multiple reps and doing it day to day and the national anthem is not something that I'm doing every single day. I've done it quite a bit in my life. But yes, Riggly Field, the room is definitely unique because as I mentioned, something I've only done twice and even yesterday had a little bit of trouble in the beginning getting my breath underneath me and I hope to just continue to make that get easier and easier. But the moment is big and there's very few performances where it's just your voice and a microphone for two minutes and you know, just credit to anybody who's ever performed

4:03it because it is a beast of a song vocally as well and just a lot of fun though too. That's one of the first things that people tend to ask me is how nervous do you get the answer? The nerves are there. I'd be lying if I said they weren't. Exiting excitement are experienced exactly the same physiologically. So it's intellectually how we frame that. Excitement is good. Yeah. You know, so you just got to realize when you're feeling that anxiety, no, no, no, that's excitement. But you know, I'm a sucker as a performer, as a lifelong performer, right? I'm pretty sure. You guys are talented singers though. Yeah. So I would be bought. They would not even hammy the microphone. But you can relate to that feeling before the camera goes on. You're like, sometimes when you're feeling a little bit like things have changed on the fly and you're like, okay, we're just going to go out there and roll out there, right? It's exciting. Yeah. That's why you get in the business. At Jory, did you interact with your on the field and they're right behind the dugout are, you know, that incredible group of Chicago athletes, Caleb Wilson, Caleb Williams,

5:05modest, bazellis and also Cole Bennett was there. He's the the music video director and the executive, the lyrical lemonade guy, a Chicago in as well. Did you interact with that group? I did not interact with that group. So I was actually at the game with my family, which is a rarity as you guys know in this business as well, right? We don't always get to go to games in a different capacity when we're not working. But I will say we were in a section of a very close section to where they were at and saw them kind of go down there. So, you know, I made a point of like, oh, yeah, hey, I think that's, you know, so and so. So to see the videos come out the next day and then to see that moment happen, like not too far, you know, from where we were, I was definitely fun. And just what a time to be in Chicago if there is ever more of a time to brag like Chicago has always been known for having such a great sports sound, right? Like this is not news to anybody. But truly what's going on here right now is special and that was just all, you know, shown in kind of one little video there with all the stars around town and then supporting

6:08each other. Like it was just, it's been really fun to see and I kept watching that video probably like 20 times already today. So it was fun. Jory, you are, I mean, you're born and raised in crystal like you cover your hometown teams and you joined the sports team at CBS Chicago and I think it was like October of 22. When you think of this like your journey in those moments, I mean, it's one thing. It's just a real experience of singing the national anthem at Rigglyfield. But to cover these teams that you grew up cheering for and we're immersed in how special has it been? What have been some of the moments that stand out to you like, man, here I am the hometown kid just a cover in Chicago sports. I know there's a few of us in the market that are from here, but I will say they still happen all the time. You know, even if it's singing yesterday, like I think back to the younger version of myself that was going to those games, right? And you know, just watching these teams and even thinking back to some of the stars that like when I was in high school and seeing and you know, how maybe it's different now

7:09and how things have changed. But I guess to answer that as quickly as I can, like it still happens daily and it kind of depends on the story and what's going on or maybe where we are in the day. But just being in this market is truly a dream come true. This was always something that I aspired to do and trying out to take a day for granted. So grateful to be at CBS and everyone there just welcomed me like a family. It is a family over there and just grateful for every day. It's awesome. What did you make of Pete Crow Armstrong's excellence last night, especially against load change up for a Homer against that picture, Logan Henderson and just overall the PCA hard turn has been remarkable, hasn't it? It's been something and it is as special as we keep saying it is as well, right? It's, I mean, this pair that he's on is just something that does not happen every day and then every single game you're going into it, thinking that something can happen and

8:10he just keeps producing at a level that's unique. And yeah, for, with all to be said yesterday with all of his friends in the building, right? He cracks the game winning home run and then the difference in the game just all is like this narrative and this script that just felt so Chicago and so right. He just keeps building his case for MVP. What can we say? It's been fun. How fun is it? I feel like in sports coverage, right? We have these merging of seasons and we often, it's stressful a little bit on the personal life and on our time management. My favorite time of the year is like the bears are kicking off the season. There's good baseball. This year it's good baseball on both sides of town. The bulls, there's a lot of excitement around them like, can you describe how much that just anxiety and good anxiousness, energy of like, man, we're about to enter the mecca of the time of year? I think in Chicago sports. Of course, crossover season is always what we look forward to, right?

9:10But it is different this year because of everything we have going on. We've got to play off, bound very likely baseball teams. The bears are in a position and have an excitement around them that we haven't had in a long time coming off the division title and play off win. The Black Hawks having Patrick Kane back, having kind of a dart, potentially when he comes back, healthy, playing together on the same team. There's reason to be excited about every team in town right now and a palpable one. You just can't get as much as I don't want to rush time because no one wants to do that because it's going to pass anyway. But I can't wait until we get into the next couple of weeks in October and things really start to hit the ground running here. And the bulls too, right? You know, we've got Caleb Wilson, who is making himself known in town before he plays a regular season game with the bulls. And modest who's Alice and just his continued growth as a young player and the young core they've developed there. Like, they're, again, new head coach. Like there's just been buzz around each professional team here in town for good reason.

10:12And we haven't had that in a long time. So I clicked over to your ex account, your Twitter account here, Jory. And the pinned piece, the pinned story is something you did for CBS News.com. Last year about bearish players incorporating Pilates into their workout routines. And it's funny because like my wife does Pilates every morning and it's been transformative in her life. She loves it. I had Jake Arietta on Hit and Run the Sunday. And Jake was the guy who brought Pilates to the Cubs locker room in 2015, 2016. And I asked him any players that he passed it on to. He got reformers custom made Pilates reformers for Kyle Schwarber for Ian Hap for Bryce Harper in Philadelphia. Like, what a gift. I would love that. If you get a custom made reformer. So he passed it on. So I mean, it does wonders for athletes and their flexibility these days, doesn't it?

11:12It sure does. That was such an intriguing piece to work on last year. And actually somebody else that said that they incorporated Pilates into their routines here in training camp that we learned is Jalen Johnson, right? And one thing that I learned from both the players I interviewed in that story is that they use it for recovery. They use it for preventing injuries and just kind of the deeper muscle and strength and everything that Pilates does for you. But they saw a benefit on the field. And I just think that's fascinating. And we've seen it maybe emerge in more professional sports. But Jalen Johnson coming into a season fully healthy is something that the secondary desperately needs. And is hearing him maybe talk about how that helps him as well as just a testament to the style of workout and it's really fascinating because they all walk away saying to is like these are these tough football players. They go through more physically than we know. And they're like, I can't get through these workouts. They kill. They hurt. I have done Pilates before myself and it somehow does not get easier.

12:13So yeah, definitely a fun one for sure. That was last summer. So fun. Great story. Jory, so great to have you on the show making your score day view. I was so excited to have you on and tremendous job last night. And I'm sure I will see you at a football stadium, a ballpark or wherever around the city of Chicago here soon. Absolutely, you guys. Thank you so much for having me. You got it. It's Jory Paris right there from CBS Chicago. Jake Arietta had said that they had to get custom made bigger ones for the baseball players for for he and his friends. And in the conversation, he said, well, Joseph Pilates was a very short man. And I hadn't realized there was a Mr. Pilates. Did you know that? There was a person that was named after and it's a dude in a German dude who came to America. Yes, I'm reading Wikipedia. Yeah. I forget it. But anyway, he was doing that a lot. I have. I have been. You know why? Good source information, Alex. That's what I was told in school.

13:14My trust issues cannot. My teachers all told me. Is she's cannot? No. No. You don't trust it. No. What could possibly be wrong? Right. People are so blindly trusting everything. And I've been that way my whole life. So now I'm like, really like, are you sure? Let's triple check it. Oh, boy. Yeah. I should go somewhere. If you're Britannica.com. Britannica. Go on a throwback. Yeah. Well, anyway, I think it's still a thing. Still a thing? I think it is. I don't know. It used to be. That's for damn sure. But, uh, but anyway, all right, top of the hour, we will touch on Cubs and Socks and get you ready for the weekend. When we come back, the highlight of our Vegas trip, where we all hung out together, was clearly when Caitlin did 15 minutes with a Spiegel and Homeshow in a cabana. That was obviously the highlight of her time in Vegas, right? We'll check it on that next on the score. David Haul and Jared Payton talk to you, the Chicago sports fan, mornings, 530 to 10 on the score. Tony and Joel, yet welcome to home patent.

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