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Yankees’ Anthony Rizzo says he’s over being ‘pissed off’ at Cubs

Anthony Rizzo had a belly full of deli as he sat in the visitors’ dugout Thursday afternoon at Guaranteed Rate Field.

The Yankees first baseman — an ex-Cub, in case you’d forgotten — was delighted to have popped into Bari’s in West Town, his favorite Chicago lunch spot, and happier to be back in the city for the first time as a player since he was traded away at last year’s deadline. Rizzo was out with COVID-19 when the White Sox hosted the Yankees last August.

“It always feels good being here,” he said. “This is obviously a special place for me and [wife] Emily and my family.