One of Anthony Rizzo's favorite phrases is "it's just baseball" when talking in front of TV cameras inside the Cubs clubhouse.
But that run-of-the-mill statement carries a different weight with him.
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For Rizzo, it really is just baseball.
Despite how some lifelong Cubs fans act, it's not life or death, something the All-Star slugger knows all too well.
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Friday marked the eight-year anniversary of Rizzo receiving the news that he was in remission from cancer.
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