Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Vedder kwuru na ya kweere na Chineke ma o nweghị okpukpe ọ na-ekpe. Ọ na-edekarị abụ na okwu ndị na-ajụ ikike okpukpe. Vedder bụ onye na-akwado Chicago Bulls na Chicago Bears na ogologo oge, onye na-akwado Chicago Cubs. N'ọnwa Nọvemba afọ 1993, Vedder na onye bụbu onye na-agba bọọlụ White Sox bụ Jack McDowell sonyere n'ọgba aghara ụlọ mmanya na New Orleans, Louisiana nke mere ka ejide Vedder maka ịṅụbiga mmanya ókè n'ihu ọha na imebi udo. Vedder bụrụ ukwe mba ahụ tupu egwuregwu nke atọ nke 1998 NBA Finals na Chicago, ma bụrụ abụ "Were m gaa Ball Game" na egwuregwu isii nke Cubs, gụnyere Egwuregwu 5 nke
2016 World Series. N'afọ 2007, ụbọchị ole na ole tupu ya na Pearl Jam emee ihe na Chicago maka Lollapalooza, ọ tụpụrụ pitch mbụ na Wrigley Field, ụlọ nke Cubs. Vedder dere abụ n'arịrịọ nke onye bụbu onye na-agba ọsọ ọsọ na onye mbụ na-agba ọsọ Ernie Banks na-asọpụrụ ndị Cubs a na-akpọ "All the Way". N'ụbọchị mgbe Cubs meriri World Series nke 2016, akaụntụ Twitter nke Cubs bipụtara vidiyo nke egwu Vedder kwadoro iji kwanyere ndị na-akwado Cubs ugwu.