Anthony Rizzo's bat isn't the only thing Joc Pederson took from his former Cubs teammate to Atlanta.
Pederson, whom the Cubs sent to the Braves before the trade deadline in July, detailed his run to the World Series with the Braves in a Players Tribune piece this week.
But beyond that, he reflected on a theory Rizzo had while they were teammates in Chicago.
“'Trust me, good things happen when you go blonde,'” Pederson recalled Rizzo saying.
"Not sure if he fact-checked that, or where it came from, but he’d always be saying it.