CHICAGO (AP) — Anthony Rizzo celebrated his retirement in the famed bleachers in Wrigley Field.

It was quite a day.

Rizzo joined the Chicago Cubs as a team ambassador on Saturday. The big first baseman threw out a ceremonial first pitch to Cubs outfielder Ian Happ, one of his former teammates, before grabbing a seat in the bleachers in left for the team's afternoon game against Tampa Bay.

Rizzo, 36, nearly hauled in Moisés Ballesteros' first career homer for Chicago in the second inning, but it went off his hands. A fan next to Rizzo retrieved the ball.

“He said that's why he's retired,” Happ said after Chicago's 5-4 loss. “Can't catch them anymore.”

Rizzo, a 14-year major league veteran, also joined Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder and supermodel Cindy Crawford in singing “Take Me Out t

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