New MLB: Cubs Great Anthony Rizzo drops the ball at home during his stands

The Grand Anthony Rizzo of the Chicago Cubs showed exactly why he recently retired during the 5-4 defeat of the team against the Rays of Tampa Bay in Wrigley Field on Saturday.

Rizzo, 36, joined the Cubs as an ambassador of the team and threw the first ceremonial throw to former teammate Ian Happ to start the day. Rizzo then went to the left -wing stands to enjoy the game and became part of the action.

Cubs appointed the Mo Moisés Ballesteros striker tore his first career home run in Rizzo, who settled in the stands of the stands to play.

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Former Chicago Cubs player Anthony Rizzo, threw a first ceremony throw before a baseball match between the Rays of Tampa Bay and the Chicago Cubs in Chicago, Illinois, on September 13, 2025. (AP photo / Kamil krzaczynski)

Instead, Rizzo stretched out and dropped the ball, which deviated from his hand. It has been shown on television seeming to say: “That’s why I’m retired.”

Rizzo, a 14-year-old major league veteran, said that he was planning to eat a hot dog, drink adult drinks and maybe start a baseball for Happ in the left field.

“I have one day to really live,” said Rizzo.

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The former Chicago Cubs player Anthony Rizzo, on the right, chats with Eddie Vedder before a baseball match between the Cubs of Chicago and the Rays of Tampa Bay in Chicago, Illinois, September 13, 2025. (AP photo / Kamil krzaczynski)

The triple All-Star and the quarter of the gold glove hit .272 with 242 circuits and 784 points produced in 10 years with the Cubs. He helped the team win the World Series in 2016 for the first title of the franchise since 1908.

Rizzo was negotiated at the New York Yankees as part of a sale at the 2021 commercial deadline.

Rizzo and his family visited Chicago for the Lollapalooza music festival this summer when the owner of the Cubs, Tom Ricketts, invited them to dinner, where they discussed the role of ambassador.

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The former Chicago Cubo player, Anthony Rizzo, poses for a photo after talking at a press conference before a baseball match between the Cubs of Chicago and the Rays of Tampa Bay in Chicago, Illinois, on September 13, 2025. (AP photo / Kamil krzaczynski)

“Getting exchanged was such a whirlwind, tearing, so many emotions and playing for Yankees was so special for me,” said Rizzo. “I grew up in a Yankees fan.

“To be invited here where I really created my heritage is very special for me and very humiliating.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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