CHICAGO (CBSNewYork/AP) — Aroldis Chapman now has a championship ring.
The Yankees’ hard-throwing closer received his jewelry before Friday’s game against the Chicago Cubs, the team he helped win the World Series for the first time since 1908 last season.
The Cubs showed a video tribute and manager Joe Maddon handed Chapman the ring as chairman Tom Ricketts and executives Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer looked on. Chapman hugged Maddon and exchanged warm embraces with Cubs players in front of the dugout.
Chapman, a midseason acquisition from New York last year, criticized the heavy workload Maddon gave him during the postseason.