Let’s get one thing straight about Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo.
He’s not this team’s leader. Or its captain.
At least not the way you probably think.
Not in the Mark Messier, intense-and-in-your-face way. Not the Kirby Puckett “Jump on, I’m driving the bus” in Game 6 way. Not even the Derek Jeter all-business, team-spokesman, New York-state-of-mind way.
But Rizzo’s style as a frontman has been the perfect fit for this team in this moment, during a high-stress COVID-19 sprint the Cubs are leading at the three-week mark with a 13-3 record.
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