CHICAGO -- Chicago Cubs second baseman Ben Zobrist will learn, just like Kris Bryant is starting to. Anthony Rizzo, for example, already knows better. He’s been around a while. The first thing a Cubs player should do when he wakes up in the morning is check which way the wind is blowing.
“Every day I look out my window,” Rizzo said after the Cubs bashed their way to an 8-6 victory over the Washington Nationals on Friday. “I see which way the flags are blowing from my place and I know which way it’s going.