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The Chicago Cubs are in engaged a tight battle atop the National League Central, but they may now have just been thrown an injury curveball. Cubs slugger Anthony Rizzo was forced to exit Saturday’s game against the Washington Nationals early. A …
Even in his old age Bob Gibson is still advocating for brushback pitches. When Anthony Rizzo was batting in the top of the first inning of Thursday’s Chicago Cubs-St. Louis Cardinals game, Cardinals TV announcer Dan McLaughlin began talking …
Anthony Rizzo was ejected from Wednesday’s Chicago Cubs-San Francisco Giants game as part of a bad double-whammy for his team. Rizzo began his at-bat in the top of the fifth leading 3-0 in the count. Tyler Beede still came back to strike Rizzo …
The Chicago Cubs didn’t seem to realize that the security guard on a Major League Baseball field is in play, and it cost them a run Friday against the St. Louis Cardinals. With Anthony Rizzo at first and two out, Kris Bryant hit a line drive …
Anthony Rizzo got the green light on a 3-0 pitch Wednesday night and took out a red light on the Budweiser sign with it. The Chicago Cubs first baseman was batting with two on and nobody out with his team down 3-0 to the Philadelphia Phillies in the …
Depending on who you ask, both Bryce Harper and Manny Machado may have been on the verge of signing massive free agent contracts weeks ago. Yet, the two sluggers remain unsigned, and Chicago Cubs superstar Anthony Rizzo is as baffled as anyone about …
Joe Maddon has enjoyed tremendous success in his four seasons as manager of the Chicago Cubs, but there has been some talk about his World Series championship and NL Manager of the Year Award not being enough for him to keep his job next year. At …
WGN cameras caught Chicago Cubs reliever Justin Wilson telling teammate Anthony Rizzo to shut up on Friday. Wilson was pitching for the Cubs in the bottom of the seventh against the Cincinnati Reds. He put the first three batters on and surrendered a …
Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo was at the center of controversy on Monday, and manager Joe Maddon was not having it. Rizzo slid into Pirates catcher Elias Diaz on a force play at home and appeared to go well out of the baseline to try to …
Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo appears to be closing in on a return to action. Manager Joe Maddon said Rizzo is “on time” as he works his way back from a back problem, and has been taking swings in the batting cage. Maddon said …
Anthony Rizzo is on the disabled list for the first time in his career, and he thinks a hotel bed is to blame. Rizzo is sidelined due to back tightness, and he thinks a bed from the Cincinnati hotel the Chicago Cubs stayed at for their second series …
Anthony Rizzo is expected to go on the disabled list for the first time in his career. The Chicago Cubs first baseman did not play in the team’s past three games and was not scheduled to be in the lineup on Monday because of tightness in his …
A back issue plaguing Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo could cost him the team’s Wrigley Field opener. According to ESPN’s Jesse Rogers, Rizzo will sit out his third straight game on Sunday due to lower back tightness that …
Anthony Rizzo came through for a young cancer patient who lost an autographed picture of the Chicago Cubs first baseman. 12-year-old Abby Schrage has been in St Louis Children’s Hospital during her second battle with brain cancer. In June, Schrage …
After it looked like Stephen Strasburg was not going to pitch in Game 4 of the NLDS because he was feeling under the weather, the right-hander went out and dominated the Chicago Cubs to force a Game 5 back in Washington. And if you want to know just …
Anthony Rizzo had some cocky comments after delivering the game-winning hit to lift the Chicago Cubs to a 2-1 victory over the Washington Nationals in Game 3 of the NLDS on Monday. Rizzo blooped an RBI single into shallow left-center in the bottom of …
