May 21, 2021
Jeremiah Paprocki made his debut as the Cub s public address announcer at Wrigley Field on Monday.
Jeremiah is 21 years old and is the first Black PA announcer to work for the Cubs.
He is also born and raised in Chicago, graduating from the CICS Northtown Academy in the city s North Side. He is currently a senior year at the UIC, where he called games for the Flames.
WELCOME JEREMIAH!
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Jeremiah Paprocki has come a long way to become the Chicago Cubs’ new public address announcer at Wrigley Field this week. It also has been a journey of only about 5½ miles that began seven years ago. That’s the distance separating Wrigley Field from Chicago International Charter School-Northtown Academy on West Peterson Avenue, where Paprocki, 21, first got behind the microphone. Paprocki .
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Rick Telander, in his May 17 column, rightly expressed concern about cruel and misguided “working cat” programs in which cats are abandoned to fend for themselves.
Releasing cats to “catch rodents,” as supporters describe the practice, is dangerous for both cats and wildlife. As Telander points out, cats who are not native to North America kill billions of songbirds and other native animals every year, a massive death toll that makes cats a bigger threat to birds than any other human-linked cause.
The cats themselves also suffer. All cats, even unsocialized ones, are domesticated animals who rely on humans for their every need, including food, water, shelter and veterinary care. Outdoor cats do not die of old age; in fact, most are dead by age 5. They are attacked by other animals and cruel people, hit by cars and succumb to exposure, starvation, parasite infestations and contagious diseases.
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Many fans dream of having their voices echo around historic Wrigley Field while reading the names of Cy Young Award winners, MVPs and future Hall of Famers. One lifelong Cubs fan is getting his shot to do just that.
There’s going to be a new booming baritone voice heard around Wrigleyville and it belongs to 21-year-old Jeremiah Paprocki. The Cubs have hired Paprocki to be their new public address announcer, making him the first African American to hold the position in team history and one of the youngest in MLB.
He’ll make his Wrigley Field debut on Monday when the Cubs take on the Nationals.