Anthony Rizzo had a blunder in the bleachers on Saturday. During the second inning of the Cubs’ 5-4 loss to the Rays, Chicago rookie Moises Ballesteros blasted his first career home run into the left-center stands right where Rizzo, the 2016 World Series champ, was seated.

Chicago Cubs legend Anthony Rizzo made his retirement from the team official Saturday at the Cubs game by throwing the ceremonial first pitch.

Rizzo and a rebuilt Cubs team brought perennial expectations to Wrigleyville that the current crop of North Siders carry as they look to snap a postseason drought and return to winning ways.

As recently as the end of August, I was in beautiful Chicago (among other things, to see a New York Yankees mach), on the shores of Lake Michigan. Let’s just say I wouldn’t have wanted to drop anything of great value into that vast expanse of water,