It didn’t take long for Anthony Rizzo to get back into the spotlight with the Chicago Cubs.
Earlier this week, Rizzo announced his retirement from Major League Baseball after 14 seasons, including 10 seasons with the Northsiders, helping them break the team’s 108-year championship drought when they won the World Series in 2016.
Rizzo will join the Cubs as a team ambassador, and he was at Wrigley Field for Saturday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays as the team celebrated his career.
In the bottom of the second inning, rookie Moisés Ballesteros took a 96 mph fastball from Rays starter Drew Rasmussen and deposited it 391 feet into left center field for his first career home run to give the Cubs the early lead.
Rizzo just happened to be sitting in the stands with the fans during the game, and the Ballesteros home run came right toward Rizzo. He reached up and tried to grab it, only for the ball to bounce out of his hands.
Guess those four Gold Glove Awards he had during his career didn’t come in handy on this day.
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