CHICAGO -- Nearly a decade after helping the Chicago Cubs to its first World Series title in 108 years, former first baseman Anthony Rizzo returned to Wrigley Field on Saturday to officially retire from playing while being appointed an ambassador to the team. Rizzo, 36, played for the New York Yankees in the World Series last fall but mounting injuries contributed to him calling it quits this season.

"The last couple years I was banged up a little bit, but last year after breaking my arm I told my parents, I told my wife, 'hey, enjoy this ride,'" Rizzo said in a press conference on Saturday morning. "So it was in the back of my mind a little bit....When it didn't really pick up and the right opportunities didn't arise...it was kind of decided early on that if I didn't get the right

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