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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 …
Major League Baseball wants a Chicago Cubs slugger involved in the Home Run Derby. According to Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports, the league is lobbying Kris Bryant or Anthony Rizzo to participate in the Derby in Miami. So far, Stanton is the only …
The Chicago Cubs designated catcher Miguel Montero for assignment on Wednesday, and if they hadn’t, he’d have apparently returned to a very frustrated and annoyed clubhouse. A day after publicly criticizing Jake Arrieta and the rest of …
Anthony Rizzo violated the Buster Posey rule when he collided with Austin Hedges at the plate during Monday’s Cubs-Padres game, but the first baseman will avoid discipline despite violating the rule. MLB chief executive officer Joe Torre spoke …
San Diego Padres catcher Austin Hedges helped preserve a 3-2 lead in his team’s win over the Chicago Cubs Monday night despite being on the receiving end of a play his manager labeled a “cheap shot.” Kris Bryant lined out to center …
Anthony Rizzo responded to his first time atop the Cubs’ batting order in impressive fashion. Joe Maddon has been searching for someone he feels comfortable with hitting leadoff all season. So far, Javier Baez, Ian Happ, Jon Jay, Kyle …
It’s wedding season for the Chicago Cubs. Kris Bryant got married in January, and five months later, teammate Anthony Rizzo popped the question. Rizzo posted a photo on Twitter Thursday sharing the news of his engagement. Luckiest guy in the …
One of the savviest things any Major League Baseball general manager can do is get a player on a cheap, long-term contract that covers the athlete’s prime years. It’s often done before a player truly establishes themselves as an elite …
Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo caught the final out of the NLCS, and it sounds like he has big plans for that baseball. After the Cubs defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night by the final of 5-0 to advance to their first World …
Matt Szczur may not be on the Chicago Cubs’ postseason roster, but his impact on the Cubs has been significant. Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo used Szczur’s bat during Game 4 of the NLCS on Wednesday and the change helped him break out …
The Chicago Cubs appeared to catch a break from the umpires in Game 3 of the NLDS on Monday against the Giants in the bottom of the sixth inning. San Francisco’s Conor Gillaspie hit a grounder up the middle to lead off the bottom of the sixth, …
Although they are separated by 13 years, Anthony Rizzo and David Ross are teammates with the Chicago Cubs. There has to be a Father’s Day joke in there somewhere, right? Of course there is. Ross, who sports a distinguished gray beard and could …
Anthony Rizzo is know for his exploits with a bat in his hands, but on Wednesday he made one of the better catches you’ll see on a ball in foul territory. In the top of the sixth inning, Ryan Braun hit a pop fly down the first base line that …
Your browser does not support iframes. Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo is enjoying quite the season in his fourth year in the big leagues. After a disappointing 2013, the 24-year-old has rebounded to hit .284 with a National League-leading …
