Anthony Rizzo and a few of his Chicago Cubs teammates huddled up Thursday morning, said a few words, and took the field at Marlins Park for their first batting practice of the season.
All of them wore Marjory Stoneman Douglas T-shirts.
As they have been since the tragic day in Parkland on Feb. 14 when gunman Nikolas Cruz opened fire on students and faculty at his high alma mater, killing 17 people, the victims of Marjory Stoneman Douglas have been on Rizzo’s mind.
“I honor them every day,” Rizzo said. “It’s where I’m from. It’s my city, it’s where I grew up, went to that school.