Anthony Rizzo Appreciation Thread

[squally1313]

Saw a few good posts in there, but got derailed by prospect/Ricketts/Columbus Blue Jackets talk. So trying this out for the few hours before we have to start talking about KB.

 

I’ll start here. Stealing it from the other thread, but this is the first memory I have of him. We sucked, but it was just nice to see the pride, the leadership, etc.

 

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Personal favorite of mine because I was there for it. Cubs are up 3-0 but Rondon blows it in the 9th. Rizzo walks it off in the 13th. We were sitting on the 1st base side but moved to the 3rd base side in extras to get into the shade. We had a perfect view right down the line of the HR.

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[Bertz]

[We Got The Whole 9]

It's pretty amazing that 4 of probably the best 5 Cubs that most of us had the pleasure of watching during our lifetimes came via wholly lopsided trades.

 

I'd say that includes Cashner for Rizzo

DeJesus for Sandberg

Bell for Sosa

Hill for Ramirez

 

Hell, then you got Choi for Lee, Feldman for Jake, Demp for Hendricks, junk for Fergie

 

It's like, besides KB, you had Maddux, and fan-favorite-but-probably-overrated Mark Grace, and have to go back 60 damn years to the Banks/Williams era to find legit amazing homegrown talent. Its pretty amazing how poorly the Cubs drafted for that long. Somehow they managed some truly awesome trades.

 

I'll never forget Rizzo. He changed our entire perception of the franchise at the time. He lived up to the billing. He made our most outrageous dreams come true. He rarely lost his zeal and he was able to joke and goof around during the most pressure-packed situation really any ball player had been a part of. I talk a lot of horsefeathers during games and I've said some dumb horsefeathers about him before but I wasn't us to sign him back so badly. He really needs to retire a Cub.

[Andy]

There are a million things I loved and still love about Rizzo, but the fact that he was dropping horsefeathering Anchorman quotes during Game 7 of the World Series is probably always going to be my favorite single thing he did. He was all in, all the time, but never lost sight of the fact that he was living his dream.

 

Vaccine whatever aside, I can't imagine a better face or voice for a franchise. I don't think it will hit me for a while that he's playing for another team.

[UMFan83]

Saw a few good posts in there, but got derailed by prospect/Ricketts/Columbus Blue Jackets talk. So trying this out for the few hours before we have to start talking about KB.

 

I’ll start here. Stealing it from the other thread, but this is the first memory I have of him. We sucked, but it was just nice to see the pride, the leadership, etc.

 

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I’m 100% convinced that was the start of the turnaround from tanking losers to World Series champions

[Omar]

I'm going to miss that body

 

 

 

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I'm just now remembering a conversation I had with a friend when we traded for Rizzo. I said he instantly becomes our best prospect. He says "better than Brett Jackson?"

[Derwood]

I'm just now remembering a conversation I had with a friend when we traded for Rizzo. I said he instantly becomes our best prospect. He says "better than Brett Jackson?"

 

Was your friend TomtheBombadill?

[David]

It's pretty amazing that 4 of probably the best 5 Cubs that most of us had the pleasure of watching during our lifetimes came via wholly lopsided trades.

 

I'd say that includes Cashner for Rizzo

DeJesus for Sandberg

Bell for Sosa

Hill for Ramirez

 

Hell, then you got Choi for Lee, Feldman for Jake, Demp for Hendricks, junk for Fergie

 

It's like, besides KB, you had Maddux, and fan-favorite-but-probably-overrated Mark Grace, and have to go back 60 damn years to the Banks/Williams era to find legit amazing homegrown talent. Its pretty amazing how poorly the Cubs drafted for that long. Somehow they managed some truly awesome trades.

 

I'll never forget Rizzo. He changed our entire perception of the franchise at the time. He lived up to the billing. He made our most outrageous dreams come true. He rarely lost his zeal and he was able to joke and goof around during the most pressure-packed situation really any ball player had been a part of. I talk a lot of horsefeathers during games and I've said some dumb horsefeathers about him before but I wasn't us to sign him back so badly. He really needs to retire a Cub.

 

You could say the Cubs practically walked out without paying on these deals.

[bukie]

Always going to appreciate what Rizzo brought to the team.

 

[FergieJ31]

Gonna miss you Rizz ...no tears, just applause for all the awesomeness you brought to Chicago :clapping:

[CubinNY]

Gonna miss you Rizz ...no tears, just applause for all the awesomeness you brought to Chicago :clapping:

My new desktop picture.

[Irrelevant Dude]

I might be missing the thread where this is already being discussed, but Rizzo tested positive for Covid and is on the IL.

[Old Style]

I might be missing the thread where this is already being discussed, but Rizzo tested positive for Covid and is on the IL.

If only he’d been vaxxed.

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collecting more data, the mad scientist

[Omar]

I don't understand how man who survived cancer with chemotherapy and supports children's hospitals consistently is rejecting of the vaccine.

 

He somewhat partially rejects modern medicine?

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rizzo's twitter is full of nft horsefeathers now

[jersey cubs fan]

More like depreciation thread

[Sammy Sofa]

The only FOMO I have with this dumb horsefeathers is not figuring out how to scam the horsefeathers out of idiot millionaires.

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[Transmogrified Tiger]

maybe he thinks it stands for normal face transplant

[apete6]

Rizzo was on The Compound, Ian Happ's podcast, and said he and his wife were in town this past weekend to pack up their condo for good, so it sounds like any chance at a reunion are probably slim to none.

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