ST. LOUIS — One of the first things Cub second baseman Ben Zobrist did when he got his new World Series ring Tuesday was put it on his finger and start making the rounds in the Cubs’ clubhouse.
“Fist bumps all around,” he said. “I was like, `Hey guys, how’s it going?’ “
Zobrist’s diamond-encrusted ring with the Royals’ KC logo arrived Tuesday morning when Kansas City general manager Dayton Moore showed up to personally deliver it after driving across Missouri Monday night. Moore also gave Zobrist one of the specially made Royals’ jerseys with gold lettering, worn the day of the team’s ring ceremony in Kansas City.
“It was very cool of him to deliver it personally and to just reiterate the important part I played in that championship run,” said Zobrist, who went to the Royals from the Athletics in a trading deadline deal last summer.
“It’s awesome. It’s a dream. When you’re in the middle of playing, you’re not thinking so much about being a World Series champion,” added Zobrist, who also played in the 2008 World Series for Tampa Bay. “We’re in the middle of trying to win one here in Chicago. It’s just a cool memory of how special that was.”