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Beyond the Ballpark with Jake Elmore

The Tribe’s 2019 MVP gives his thoughts on life off the diamond
May 8, 2020

When he’s not acting as the Tribe’s MVP on the field, Jake Elmore is spending time with his family or watching Alabama football. We sat down with him to learn more about his childhood, career goals and what could have been if he wasn’t a baseball player.

When he’s not acting as the Tribe’s MVP on the field, Jake Elmore is spending time with his family or watching Alabama football. We sat down with him to learn more about his childhood, career goals and what could have been if he wasn’t a baseball player.

Q: What is your favorite offseason activity?
A: Probably relaxing on the couch and watching football. I’m in like five fantasy leagues so football season is fun for me. I’m a huge Alabama Crimson Tide fan being from Alabama, so I love watching them on Saturday.

Q: What was your favorite movie growing up?
A: Growing up, The Sandlot was my favorite. During baseball season I felt like I watched it once every weekend, me and a couple other buddies would always watch it.

Q: What is your favorite thing to do with your kids?
A: Play outside. My son has a little swimming pool with a slide on it, he loves the water more than anything, so we just play around on that and just run around the backyard. Being outside is definitely the most fun.

Q: What was your dream job outside of baseball?
A: Well, when I was like five years old, I used to tell my mom ‘I’m either going to play in the big leagues or be a garbage man’ because I thought it was so awesome that they would ride on the back of the garbage truck. I just thought it was really awesome that they got to hang off the back of a moving vehicle, so I always wanted to do that. Thankfully, the big leagues panned out and I didn’t have to ride on the back of a garbage truck, but I still think it’d be pretty fun.

Q: What are your goals for the rest of your career?
A: I’d like to establish myself as an everyday, reliable big leaguer and get there and stay. And obviously help the team anyway I can, but I guess the goal of mine for my career is fulfill all my potential and establish myself more in the big leagues.

Q: What would 12-year-old you say if he knew you became a professional baseball player?
A: Oh, man. I would have been beside myself. It was always the dream, just like about every other kid that plays baseball. If you had told me ‘Fast forward, you’re going to make it to the major leagues,’ yeah, I would have been beside myself. I don’t know if I would have even been able to contain my excitement at that age.

Q: What is your favorite golf course that you’ve ever played?
A: The Innisbrook Resort Copperhead Course, where they play the Valspar Open in Florida, that’s a really nice one. Troon North in Arizona is really awesome, that’d probably be my favorite.

Q: Who was your favorite professional baseball player growing up?
A: Chipper Jones, I was a huge Braves fan. I would watch the Braves, and in my childhood, Chipper was young and coming up. As I grew up watching the Braves, he was growing into his potential as a Braves player.

Q: What is your favorite homecooked meal?
A: My mom, growing up she would always do a pork tenderloin with a peach topping. We would always have fresh vegetables growing up, so we would have fresh creamed corn and fresh green beans. My mom’s carrot cake is my favorite dessert in the world, so if I could have that for dessert, that would be my dream meal.