Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo hasn’t taken MLB’s “Let The Kid Play” slogan lightly.
Earlier in the summer, over two dozen little league Chicago-area baseball players gathered at Bash Sports Academy in Avondale for the 2019 Canon and Little League Baseball Minicamp.
The kids attended the camp expecting to improve their skill sets by going through hitting, throwing and fielding drills.
What they didn’t expect was that Rizzo would be one of the instructors leading them.
The little leaguers’ shock showed as Rizzo emerged from behind the Canon/Little League backdrop.
One excited attendee shouted, “You’re my favorite one on the Cubs.