Rizzo — “Our own Italian Stallion,” as Ben Zobrist, the Series’ most valuable player, called him — played the “Rocky” theme in the clubhouse after that, and the Cubs never lost again. “I hope every Cubs fan enjoys this,” Rizzo said. As the Cleveland fans filed out and Cubs fans swarmed the lower bowl behind the visitors’ dugout, Rizzo strode triumphantly to the first-base line. “For everyone who’s worn this jersey!”Ernie Banks wore it, too, and never won the World Series. And the fans Rizzo saluted, with that priceless baseball on a rainy morning in Cleveland, can finally feel like champions.

Source: New York Times November 03, 2016 16:37 UTC