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Bryzzo - Explored

When the Chicago Cubs major league baseball team broke a 108-year championship drought by winning the 2016 World Series, Kris Bryant (left) and Anthony Rizzo (right) were two of the key players that made it happen. During their time with the Cubs (Bryant, 7 years, and Rizzo, 9 years), the pair came to be known, affectionately, as Bryzzo.

 

Even though I’m currently taking a break from Flickr, I decided to post this shot today, July 30, 2021, given that both of these players were recently traded away prior to the major league trading deadline on Friday. Javier Baez, another key star of that 2016 team, was also traded on Friday, as the Cubs now look to rebuild for the future.

 

This shot, taken in 2017, isn’t the greatest, given a lot of grain that had to be cleaned up, and that Bryant is not in focus. But being an ardent Cubs fan, it’s kind of my way of saying, “Thanks for the memories,” I guess.

 

I’m still in the midst of a major project that is keeping me quite busy, and I’ll continue to be mostly off Flickr for a while yet, though I hope to be able to pop in occasionally.

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Uploaded on July 31, 2021
Taken on August 15, 2017