Overview

• Shaw was absent from Sunday's 1-0 loss to the Reds to attend the Arizona memorial at State Farm Stadium, which drew more than 90,000 people.
• Manager Craig Counsell told reporters Shaw was unavailable because he attended the funeral of a friend.
• The Cubs did not specify the service, but multiple outlets reported it was Kirk’s memorial and a circulating photo appeared to show Shaw at the event.
• Shaw had met Kirk in August, when the activist posted a field-level photo with Shaw and Michael Busch at Wrigley Field.
• On Sept. 10, the day Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University, Shaw was scratched for personal reasons before later pinch-hitting; MLB teams, including the Cubs, issued tributes and flew flags at half-staff under a presidential proclamation.