Beyond the Ballpark with Cam Vieaux

Lefty Cam Vieaux made his Indians debut midway through 2019 and since became a regular in the Tribe’s starting rotation. We caught up with him to learn what some of his favorites are and what he’s been up to while on a baseball hiatus.

Q: What do you miss most about sports?
A: Probably just hanging out with all my buddies all day. It’s getting kind of lonely just working out and doing everything on my own.

Q: What is your favorite hobby that you’ve been doing a lot lately?
A: I’ve been playing a lot of video games, specifically Call of Duty Modern Warfare. I’m a big Xbox guy.

Q: Have you discovered any new skills or rediscovered any old skills during quarantine?
A: Very good question. Honestly, I don’t think I’ve discovered any new skills or brushed up on any. I guess I did get back into video games, that wasn’t something I’d been doing the past couple years prior to all of this.

Q: What’s your favorite thing to cook?
A: I can cook scrambled eggs for breakfast, and I can cook sandwiches for lunch. I like cooking an Italian sandwich with pepperoni, salami, bacon and maybe some ham.

Q: What is the best joke you’ve ever heard?
A: That’s, wow. “Orange you glad I didn’t say banana?” Probably that one.

Q: Who was your baseball idol growing up?
A: I would say guys like Justin Verlander. I grew up in Detroit so that’s who we watched a lot.

Q: What is your go-to genre of music?
A: My go-to genre of music would be house music. I like Claude VonStroke and just anything released from his record label, Dirtybird Records.

Q: What was the worst injury you ever got as a kid?
A: Just some bumps and bruises. I cracked my head open in the pool once playing pool basketball and that’s about it. I’ve had some stitches and things like that but no broken bones ever.

Q: Who is your favorite superhero?
A: Probably Batman. Those are really the only superhero movies that I’ve watched.

Q: If you were an animal, what do you think you would be and why?
A: A giraffe. I have a pretty long neck.