This probably wasn’t the kind of Budweiser tab Anthony Rizzo had in mind.
Rizzo’s home run Wednesday night hit the “d” in Wrigley Field’s Budweiser sign over the right-field video board, knocking out some of its neon lights.
On Thursday, a mock invoice on Cubs letterhead “charged” the first baseman $10,473 for “repairs of damages caused to Cubs and Budweiser property.”
But in reality, Anheuser-Busch wrote a check for the same amount to Rizzo’s foundation, which supports families of pediatric cancer patients. An oversized check had “damage control” written in the memo field.
Rizzo’s three-run, 437-foot blast in Wednesday’s 8-4 win over the Phillies was reminiscent of Kyle Schwarber’s “Schwarbomb” in Game 4 of the 2015 National League Division Series against the Cardinals, which landed on top of the right-field video board (underneath the Budweiser sign) and stayed there.
On Friday, Rizzo retweeted the Cubs’ tweet showing a picture of the invoice on one side ($673 for parts and $9,800 for labor) and then a shot of Rizzo and his wife, Emily, holding an oversized check at his Cook-Off for Cancer charity Thursday night at Morgan Manufacturing in the Fulton Market neighborhood.
“Thanks for the beer and matching donation @budweiserusa,” Rizzo wrote, “next time I’ll try to knock out more lights #damagecontrol.”
No word from the Cubs on how much it actually will cost to repair the sign.
Rizzo’s seventh Cook-Off for Cancer fundraiser raised nearly $1.8 million.
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