He and his father, a Pakistani immigrant, bonded by watching games on TV. His mother, a Mexican immigrant, used to get them standing-room tickets to games at Wrigley Field.
“It was our thing growing up,” he told Religion News Service. “It was our American thing to do together.”
A series of leaked emails from the billionaire patriarch of the family that owns the Cubs revealed that he had been sharing racist, anti-Muslim jokes and conspiracy theories with friends and family for years.
“It was a slap in the face,” Shahbaz, a Muslim, said. “We just want to watch the games without feeling alienated.