The Cubs have announced that Anthony Rizzo will retire as a Cub and will be honored this Saturday at Wrigley Field as the club hosts the Rays. He will also serve as an ambassador for the organization. Jesse Rogers of ESPN was among those to relay the news.
Rizzo, now 36, was part of a few different organizations in his career but will always be primarily known as a Cub. He spent the bulk of his career, including essentially all of his prime, in Chicago. That stretch saw him emerge as a core piece as the team became a regular contender in the last half of the previous decade. The highlight came in 2016, when the Cubs finally won the World Series, breaking a 108-year drought.
There was talk of a potential dynasty on Chicago’s north side after that year, as that young core of Rizzo, Kris Bryant, Javier Baez, Willson Contreras and Jorge Soler was controllable, affordable and formidable. The top of the rotation appeared set for years, with Jon Lester, Jake Arrieta and Kyle Hendricks all squarely in their primes and signed/controlled long-term. The Cubs indeed were competitive on a yearly basis for the remainder of the decade, but they fell to the Dodgers in the 2017 NLCS and haven’t advanced beyond the Wild Card round of postseason play since.
Before that legendary run, Rizzo had to pass through a few other places first. He was drafted by the Red Sox out of high school back in 2007. After a few years in Boston’s minor league system, he was flipped to the Padres as one of the players in the December 2010 deal that sent Adrián González to the Sox.
Rizzo got to make his big league debut with the Friars in 2011 but didn’t hit the ground running. He stepped to the plate 153 times over 49 games but struck out 30.1% of the time and produced a .141/.281/.242 line.
Going into 2012, the Padres decided to go in a different direction. They sent Mat Latos to the Reds for four players, one of whom was Yonder Alonso. With Alonso set to cover first base in San Diego, they then sent Rizzo and right-hander Zach Cates to the Cubs for righty Andrew Cashner and outfielder Kyung-Min Na.
That gambit clearly didn’t pan out for San Diego. While Cashner had some modest success with the Padres, Alonso never found his power stroke at Petco Park and wound up delivering average offense over parts of four seasons. Yasmani Grandal, also acquired in that swap, struggled in San Diego before being sent to the Dodgers as part of the Matt Kemp trade.
Meanwhile, as all that played out, Rizzo broke out as one of the top first basemen in Major League Baseball. In parts of 10 seasons with the Cubs from 2012-21, Rizzo batted a combined .272/.372/.489 with 242 home runs. He made three All-Star teams, won four Gold Gloves, won a Silver Slugger and garnered MVP votes in five consecutive seasons — including a pair of consecutive fourth-place finishes in 2015-16, when he posted a combined .285/.386/.528 batting line (145 wRC+) and belted 63 home runs (31 in ’15, 32 in ’16). Rizzo struggled in the 2016 NLDS but erupted in both the NLCS and World Series, belting three homers and five doubles with an OPS north of 1.000 between those two series.
As that Cubs core continued to stall out over the years, however, the front office eventually determined there was a need for change. Rizzo, Bryant and Baez were all traded in the summer of 2021 — Baez to the Mets, Bryant to the Giants and Rizzo to the Yankees. Rizzo hit well for the Yankees down the stretch and stepped into a key leadership role, all of which convinced the team to re-sign him to a two-year deal with an option for a third season.
Rizzo went on to spend the final three full seasons of his career in the Bronx, hitting well in 2022 before slipping to about average in 2023 and struggling through injuries in 2024. His time in New York wasn’t nearly as productive, but he logged an overall .234/.326/.409 line as a Yankee and popped 32 home runs in his first full season in pinstripes.
All told, Rizzo’s excellent career will wrap up with a lifetime .261/.361/.467 batting line. He hit 303 home runs in the majors, scored 922 runs, plated 965 runs and even swiped 72 bases. Rizzo is one of just 164 players in major league history to reach 300 career home runs. His 338 doubles rank 352nd all-time, tied with Brady Anderson, Matt Williams, Robin Ventura and the aforementioned Kemp.
Rizzo also tallied 241 postseason plate appearances, and while his .225/.328/.397 line doesn’t stand up to his regular-season excellence, that’s skewed by a brutal showing in the 2015 playoffs. Starting with that NLCS breakout in ’16, Rizzo hit .260/.367/.455 in his final 180 turns at the plate in the playoffs.
Through an early-career extension with the Cubs and a free-agent deal to re-sign with the Yankees in the 2021-22 offseason, Rizzo earned more than $127MM in salary over parts of 14 seasons. FanGraphs valued his career at 35.9 wins above replacement, while Baseball-Reference is even more bullish at 40.4 WAR. Rizzo isn’t likely to be Cooperstown-bound, but he’ll be remembered as a cornerstone piece in an iconic era of Cubs franchise lore and a solid veteran pickup who helped drive some competitive Yankees clubs. Best wishes to Rizzo and his family in whatever the next chapter holds.
Rizzo is one of the good ones. I wished he could have played longer, especially with the Yankees. I think he’ll make a great coach or manager eventually.
He played a long time ! Just took him forever to reach his ceiling. I asked him too, are you sure you’re ready to retire rizzo ? He said, forshizzo
Spit my beer out..
I don’t see him as a manager. Half-time TV color guy when JD decides to cut back, maybe. And a lot of philanthropy.
Rock-solid career. I know he would have liked to play longer if he could have secured another big league pact. All the best to him in retirement.
He was just chugging beers at Yankees fans so it was a little obvious but I’ll miss him
He was chugging beers at them? Like he was going up to Yankees fans, getting up in their face, then chugging a beer and saying “what’s up?”
No, he would go up, hold the beer and then pour it in their mouth so they could chug it.
Like never heard of chugging beers at someone?
Rizzo is Fink from the movie Beer Fest
“Hey, I think somebody’s trying to chug in my face!”
I hope he did violate a frog.
On the jumbotron apparently
It was in the broadcast. The booth was talking about him and showed Rizzo with his family. It wasn’t on him long, before he proceeded to chug the bud light. Similar to what the yankees all did at a Rangers game.
Not much rizz from Rizzo these days
Plenty of j tho from the fan boys tho
And jealous ankle biting from White Sux losers.
Cubbie hall of famer. Thanks for the amazing memories Rizzo.
Wish he would have stuck around longer but I understand. We all have to listen to our bodies and his was banged up the last two years in NY.
Welcome back to the big leagues in any capacity.
He largely retired because no one wanted to sign him, his last 2 years were not good ones
They all retire because no one wants to sign them. It’s called getting old.
He was the heart and soul of that 2016 team.
I think he was the de facto leader of that team, but the real heart & soul of that team was Zobrist. When Zo left after his ka-ka-krazy wife incident, so did the fire in those Cubs. But I get your point.
You’re both forgetting that the leader of that team was David Ross. After he left, Rizzo was expected to take over the leadership role but was never comfortable in that position. He just wanted to play and be a quiet leader by example. Yes, Zobrist brought a lot to those teams, but they really missed Ross. And bringing him back as manager was a mistake. A good clubhouse leader/teammate does not necessarily make a good manager.
Amen to this. Ill never forget jumping into my friends arms in baton rouge when he caught the last out. Flags fly forever and that team will forever be my favorite
One year too late.
cant you be happy for someone who retired with this good of a career
He had a nice contract last year, and I’m sure he gave his best effort. So I see no sensible reason at all for him to retire earlier.
Gruß,
BSHH
“Hey do you want to make $20M a year playing the game you love, possibly for the last time?”
“No thanks. I couldn’t imagine not meeting the expectations of random people on the internet.”
100% agree with you Mule…also notice how the negative commenter types never bring up how vastly he outperformed his salary back in the 5m to 7m days
In their defense, they never bring anything else to the discussion table. They all take a poop and leave.
great career, hats off. will always remember him stuffing the final out ball from the ’16 world series in his back pocket, lol.
Such a bad trade for the Padres.
Andrew Cashner was solid, if unspectacular for the Padres so it wasn’t a total disaster.
He put up 3 WAR in 5 seasons, he was mediocre as they come
Chashner sucked and you know it
The padres attempts at success, especially since around the time they acquired Rizzo should be a 30 For 30.
2016 Forever!!
Thanks Rizz
Well, he was definitely a force in his day. I Played poker with his cousin for some time (who looks like him too) Jersey boys. good people. He’ll be just fine.
He’s from south Florida.
Yes he is. I reread my comment and see the mistake. My reference was to his cousin who lives in Kearny. He (Anthony) visits often cause lots of his family are in northern jersey.
Aaaaah I see!
Yup same high school as Parkland , went back to console Hogg and the survivors
Maybe born and raised in south Florida, but he’s a Jersey Guido through and through.
Yeah he does tend to admire his reflection a bit much
Anthony Rizzo, who fully embodied the emotionally wrecked state of Cubs fans during Game 7. One of my favorite moments of Game 7 was when the camera snapped to Rizzo standing on third- just after Zobrist had doubled home the go-ahead run- and Rizzo is standing there, hands on head, a bewildered look upon his face as he tried to take in the scene, and he says aloud, “Oh my god.” He was in the game and he couldn’t believe it was happening any more than Cubs fans watching from home could.
Nailed it. That particular moment is one of the scenes from that game that will remain indelibly stamped in my memory. I will always love Rizzo.
He also scored the decisive run off Miguel Montero’s single in the 10th
Congrats, champ!
Great player, a nice pick-up for Yankees. I wish he was more productive in New York. He probably wanted big money to keep playing, so the Yankees got Goldy instead. Really thought Boston would give him a chance, but Lowe is working out great for them. Robertson waited for the right offer and team to call. Rizzo wanted the same, and that call never came for him
In a ceremony to remember his career properly, he will once again lay on the plate, get hit, and cry. It’ll be a great send off
Cardinal tears = Wrigley beers
Found another one
Good Luck Anthony!
Very good player great person. Frederick!
Still surprised slugs like Santana and Bell are around and nobody would take a chance on Rizzo. Shame, Anyway good luck Rizzz I know you’ll land on your feet. Ever thought of being POBO of the Cubs?
Watch his recent interviews, he had offers, but they werent to his liking regarding money, or location.
So, you know for a fact that no one wxpresswd interest? If not STFU
I, for one, will personally guarantee that nobody wxpressed interest. I offer up $1,000 to anybody that can disprove that. otherwise one must “STFU”
You bring so much to a conversation …
Plenty were willing to take a chance. Rizzo refused to sign a minor league deal and play at league minimum if he made a team. That’s his prerogative as a 14 year veteran, but to say no one wanted to take a chance on him his false. It’s what that “slug” Santana had to do.
Biggest miser on this site. Gawd bless him.
can he be the GM? Or the manager?
Outside Hall of Fame candidate.
It coud definitely happen.
Unlikely as Rizzo only has 1600 hits and BBWAA seem to want at least 2000
.261/.361, 300+ HR, 70+ SB (could have been 250+), 335+ doubles, 20+ triples, woudn’t have ever broken the World Series drought without him, huge intangibles guy as well.
Cooperstown.
.266/.357, 167HR, 116SB, 349 doubles, 44 triples, wouldn’t have ever broken the World Series drought without him,
= Ben Zobrist
Didn’t get a single vote.
Not saying it’s right but that’s the BBWAA for you.
Ben also stole more than 115 bases and hit more than 42 triples and it could have been 300+. SB and 100+ triples.
Lost mojo without his Christian songstress wifey
How do you get from 72 steals with being thrown out 40 times to “could have been 250+? 😂😂 He will not make Cooperstown.
He’ll be taking your order at the garish Ricketsville entertainment food emporium brought to you by DraftKings next season, cashing those checks
Base stealng wasn’t a priority to him, and plenty of those “caught stealings” were close plays where he was definitely safe but he was called out because of the umpires having stuck in in their heads the unbased stigma that he’s slow (guess because he’s a big guy), even though Anthony’s around a 4.5 40 yard dash guy.
Easily could have been 250+.
Oh dear God. Give it a rest
Well, he was the best player on the best-ever Cubs team, so he deserves all the kudos. I normally don’t much go for this “retiring as a member of Team X” stuff, the Indians called it maize, but I think it is valid here–especially for those of you who were lucky enough to live in Chicago in 2016.
dude he’s not going to the hall. fantastic career but well short of HOF standards.
Rizzo was very good to good throughout majority of his career, far from great though. Thats not to take anything away from his accomplishments, he had a career many MLB players past and present would love to (had)have.
As far as HOF he is not even close, hes missing 25 WAR for career avg at his position. He also only twice cracked top 5 in MVP voting, finishing 4th both times. He lacks big time in gray ink, blank ink, and JAWS. He simply just is not going in HOF.
As far as World Series, thats type of thing celebrated by a franchise and within the museum of Cooperstown.
Same with Dingers the wind and rain chopped off about 9 HRs annually because of the unbased stigma he was a singles hitter a la Cookie Rojas. Fangraphs recalculate his numbers at 500/400 making him a slam dunk first week HOFer
Maybe not even close to HOF you say but Google mapquest say he close to HOP. Pancake yum
335+ doubles could have been 500, 20 triples could have been 135, 1 WS could have been 2. Then he would have been a maybe!!!!!!!!!!
But it was not, thats what matters. And thats an absurd attempt to justify the 40 times he was caught stealing. He was pretty.good player and had a nice career, he simply is not and will not be a HOF.
40 WAR but I think he misses out but hope somehow he can get in.
I hope they retire 44
I think it’s a given that the cubs retire 44.
He retire alright, usually 6-3 since he slow
@Yards of Camden
No HOF for him but he had a pretty good career overall.
His peak was from 2014–2016. His overall prime was from 2014–2019
So pretty much a José Valentin career, popular and productive for a few years there
In terms of career numbers, Rizzo and David Justice have very similar numbers, and Justice wasn’t even included on 0.5% of the ballots his first and only time on the ballot.
Great career, but it’s about as good as one could get without making the HOF.
Justice doesn’t need Hall of Fame, every night he goes back to his man cave, the Hall of Justice with Scooby Doo, Aquavelva man, Flash, Robin and the other superfriends.
If the baseball writers are stupid enough not to put Mattingly in who played 1B what makes you think they’ll put Rizzo in?? Mattingly had a much better career beside playing 5 years less
Mattingly
Does not warrant election. Neither does Rizzo, for different reasons
@tangerine Mattingly fell off way too far that is why he is not in the HOF. FYI Mattingly played 58 more games then Rizzo over course of his career, just to help put those career totals into perspective.
Mattingly also had the cheeseball Tom Selleck 70s stash no way he gets in groomed like that
Unfortunately not a chance in hell. If Grace can’t even sniff the hall Rizzo can forget it.
Def not happening, sir.
Great career but he probably won’t reach the 5% threshold to stay on the ballot for a second year.
Right. That’s where he belongs, outside the HOF.
Rizzo had to overcome a lot just to play in the big leagues. Had a good career and will forever be a part of Cubs history for 2016 title. One of the good guys in baseball. Wish him the best in retirement.
Legend!
It’s funny as the team is about to lose the division yet tickets need to be sold. So bring the old hero and sell tickets to his retirement ceremony. And most commentators claim Jed along with Tom Ricketts are dumb and dumber. Yet another sellout will be achieved when the fan base is pissed at the team.
Saturday’s game would be sold out with or without Rizzo’s celebration, cmon man, just like pretty much every game….save your sour grapes for something news worthy.
It’s funny, the team does something for a former player and you have to turn it into a soap box for your delusion
Thank you for everything you did as a Cub and for the city of Chicago, Rizzo! You will forever be a Cub, and glad you get to come home and represent the Cubs
A very good player in his prime with the Cubs. Hit for power, drew walks, and played an outstanding first base, winning the Platinum Glove one year. He was a solid leader in the clubhouse, too. Hit 30+ homers 5 times, once with the Yankees. As a Cubs fan, I’ll always respect Rizz for what he did and who he is/was – did a lot in the community too. I hope he enjoys retirement.
Thank you Mr.Rizzo aka tony 2 chains. Forever a Cub, forever a champion. Pretty sure your always welcomed and loved by Cubs Nation. Y’all come back now.
A really great guy. I feel awful for him that the concussion two years ago effectively ended his career. I’m so glad that the Cubs are honoring him. Best wishes, Anthony.
Congrats to Rizzo!
What made the cubs run a “legendary run?” They made a single World Series. That’s not much of a run. The royals at least made the previous two World Series.
3 straight NLCS appearances (2015-2017) is a pretty remarkable run, especially for the Cubs
Yeah, I guess for a cubs fan, that feels legendary. That makes sense.
it is legendary for any non-idiot baseball fan…
3 nlcs/alcs appearances in a row has only been bested by 5 teams in all of league championship history, and 1 of those cheated their asses off to do it
Is it legendary to get swept in the NLCS?
Also, is there any team that has done that a few times?
Pretty amazing that he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma at age 18 and was able to battle it and go on to have a great career in the MLB.
Thank You Anthony Rizzo!
Way to go Rizz! Thank you for getting us to the promised land!! Congratulations on a fine career
First ballot
Respect for not accepting insulting contract offers.
Well, he did take the early career extension. He would have maximized his pay going through arbitration and going into free agency after the 2018 season.
But can’t feel too sorry for a guy who made well over $100 million.
Funny thing about human life. Age catches up too some players,while still relatively young. And others keep going till their 40s. It was a good career for rizzo. Good luck in the future
The Bryzzo 1-2 punch was frustrating to watch as a Pirates fan, but can’t deny they were one of the most entertaining duos in baseball’s recent history. Sad how both of their careers have gone, but I hope Rizzo enjoys retirement.
Congratulations on your retirement. Great career. Respect you as my team’s opponent. Good luck in your next chapter.
Hall of the Excellent. Great career. Great philanthropist.
Congrats to Anthony on a fine career. A great ballplayer and even better human being. He did and probably still does so much for cancer research and community support. Always a Cubs legend!
One of the best humans ever. Pretty good at baseball too. It wasn’t just 2016. It was the build up. The lean years. He bought in. He became the leader. The fans looked to him. His teammates looked to him. He always answered the call. The glove. The stick. The 0.00 career ERA. Those are why we cheered for him. The work he did with cancer patients, and the millions of dollars of his own money he donated to help kids, those are the reasons we love him. 44 has not been issued since he left Chicago. I think that needs to be a forever thing. Chicago Legend. Hat tip from all of us.
Too bad he wasn’t willing to play for small money. There was an article about him saying no team was willing to pay him what he was worth. In hindsight even though he is first base/DH only might have had better production than Turner. I do not believe Turner has logged any meaningful innings at third. Rizzo vs lefty pitcher might be better than Turner as a switch hitter.
He was never the same after Tatis gave him a concussion at first. I was furious at the Yankees (as a Yankee fan) for how they handled his injury. All the best to him in the next chapter.
Yeah that was awful. Although it’s not a severe as a concussion. The Cubs did the same thing with Kyle Tucker. It took them 2 and half months to finally come out and say he’s been playing with a hairline fracture in his hand.
While we do know a lot about our brains, there is still much to learn about it from scientific and medical standpoints.
Sadly, he soiled his career by playing for the Yankees. Otherwise, he was great. Belongs with the Cubs. Good to see him back there.
Not even a whiff of overt partisanship here. You did make me laugh, though. He was traded initially….so you can’t put the entire “soiling” blame on him.
I agree, only partially to blame. They brainwashed him once he was there.
Who brainwashed you? Surely, you weren’t always this salty person.
Congrats on a great career. Another outstanding candidate for the Hall of Very Good.
Got a chance to see him rake in 2011 in AAA when Tucson briefly hosted the Padres team. He sure looked like he was on track for a good chance to make it in the show.
One of the worst injury calls in maybe any sport.
He had an .880 OPS.
He gets kneed in the head by Tatis.
Then he has a .496 OPS the rest of the way and can’t remember the number of outs.
And no one thinks it might be related to the blow to his head?
I don’t think anyone denies that it didn’t have an effect. He even said so himself a bunch of times but didn’t use it as an excuse.
They should’ve Il’d him months earlier.
As a baseball fan, he will be missed. Good guy. Good for baseball.
All the best in his next chapter.
What a career this man had. What a journey he had to get here too. Battling cancer. Beating cancer and then living every kids dream winning the world series. I hope the Cubs put him in theor Hall of Fame and retire his number 44. No one has worn it since he was traded to the Yankees in 2021.
Also crazy fact. Jed Hoyer traded him twice. From Boston to. SD. From San Diego to Chicago and traded him away to the Yankees. Traded 3 times Jed Hoyer was the GM involved
Traded for him* twice. Traded away once
My man! He’ll never have to buy a drink in Chicago!
Enjoy retirement! See you in Cooperstown Anthony!
Tickets are $29.95
Happy retirement Rizz! One of the good ones who represented the game well. HOFer in my personal book.
HoF that is hilarious
His mom is hot!!!!!
I wonder how Rizzo’s career would have turned out if the Sox had kept him instead of shipping him to the Padres for what ended up only being a year and a half of Adrian Gonzalez.
Solid career for Rizzo. Congrats on retirement
Well, Adrian Gonzalez did enable the Sox to offload the contracts of Crawford and Beckett in 2012 which allowed them to sign several key members of the 2013 WS champs in free agency.
I think the bigger what if is what if the Padres chose Rizzo over Alonso. Would Rizzo have fizzled in mammoth Petco Park just like Yonder did? Would Yonder have thrived in the hitter friendly confines of Wrigley? But the world has always been full of “what ifs” and that’s what gives people things to argue about.
No mention of being #8 all time of being HBP(222). I was hoping he would catch Ron Hunt. My Wife’s favorite player of all time. I will always remember him putting the ball in his back pocket after being part of the final out (throw from Bryant) in the World Series win. Godspeed Rizz!
And did it all with never wearing an elbow guard. As a Cub fan I always feared that hit by pitch off the elbow.
Really good player and seems like a decent guy. A really nice career and brought joy to long suffering Cub fans.
Not a HOFer by the usual route. Somewhere between Hall of very good and Hall of pretty darn good.. That HOVG has some amazingly good 1B all ready in it.(Hernandez/Mattingly type of thing).
However I think we are splitting hairs at this point. Rizzo should definitely be enshrined in the Cubs HOF(or whatever they have)
I wrote a screenplay a few years ago. If anyone of you who are writers, you know you’re always making minor changes, tweaking the script. When I added a Cub, it didn’t take me long to decide who to pick for a short, onetime appearance! A chance meeting at a local batting cage! I guess now’s the time!
god reading this makes me cringe….. I went to high school with Rizzo.. he was a freshmen when I was a senior… am I seriously that old?
I went to high school with upper classman Adrien Brody who won an Oscar at age 30. Made me think what I was doing with my life at the time. (And I still do!) Timothy Chalamet also went there.
All we have are New Found Glory, Congressmen Jared Moskowitz, Rizzo, Roman Anthony, Jesus Luzardo, and Coby Mayo…… and the worst high school mass murder in american history… so there’s that
Lots of former stars have been retiring a Yankee in recent years. All at least a year too late.
Brett Gardner hasn’t officially retired yet.
Congrats on your career, Rizz! We’ll miss seeing you play.
He might not be Cooperstown bound, but he will never have to buy a drink in Chicago for the rest of his life.
What could have been for the Red Sox. Theo drafted him in 2007 but then he was put in the Adrian Gonzalez trade in 2010. That did not work out for us.
Boston does not win the 2013 WS without dumping the Crawford and Beckett deals along with Gonzalez onto LA. With the salary saved, the Red Sox were able to sign Victorino, Drew, Napoli, Gomes, and others and basically get a complete fresh start for their team. It never would have happened without Gonzalez,
One of the few Theo miscues. Should’ve kept Rizzo and tried to trade for Headley, and kept Youk at 1st.
Hey I make no miscue who you calling miscue maybe you the miscue
I’ve miscued many times. Nothing worse than having money on the table and forgetting to chalk up.
I want to retire!
Now!
And a re-tread…..
Great player. Better human being. All time Cubs legend. I’ll miss him dearly, but I’ll always have my WS champion jersey with his name on it.
I wonder if Austin Hedges and Elias Diaz agree
I wonder if you could be more vague
I think so but Google and Chat GPT are both free.
He also defeated Cancer in the beginning of his professional career. Thanks for the memorable career Rizz, we all enjoyed watching you play the game.
I wish he could get into the H.O.F , an amazing human and a great ball player. Ty Rizzo For all the years especially 2016.
Now relax enjoy the 2nd half and hopefully enjoy all the free meals and great parties that The CHI should give you 😉
I’ve only cried 4 times from being overjoyed with happy emotions & Rizzo was a big part of one of those times
Rizzo deserves a few HOF votes simply based on the fact that occasional Cy Young candidate Gerrit Cole considered Rizzo the fastest human alive in game 5 of the 2024 World Series.
No article about Rizzo is complete without a citation about his HBP’s–an oversight to not mention it here.
I go away for a few days and one of my favorite players retires. Enjoy retirement Rizzo! You will forever live on in Cubs lore!
I think he had more in the tank. That concussion seemed to have affected him at the plate.
I’m a little annoyed with Brett Taylor for not providing even MORE coverage of this silly non-event in his inane, jock-sniffing Bleacher Nation blog. Nine video clips isn’t NEARLY enough. Maybe there will be more coming later.
That’s sarcasm, for those among you with poor reading skills.
What a ridiculous distraction in a pennant race. I knew the game was lost when Rizzo started playing with the cup snake.