Overview

• At a pregame ceremony, he threw out the first pitch to Ian Happ, walked the outfield with his family, and was honored with a tribute video and a prolonged ovation.
• He spent the game in the left-field bleachers, handing out free-beer cards, starting a beer snake, and joining Eddie Vedder and Cindy Crawford for the seventh-inning stretch.
• Rookie Moisés Ballesteros’ first MLB home run was hit to Rizzo’s section, glanced off his hand, and was retrieved by a nearby fan as Rizzo joked, “that’s why I’m retired.”
• Happ later tossed Rizzo a signed ball wrapped around a $100 bill with the note, “Here’s to never having to buy a beer in Chicago.”
• A Hodgkin lymphoma survivor, Rizzo wore the patient-signed jersey to underscore his foundation’s work, which has raised more than $20 million and earned him the 2017 Roberto Clemente Award.