Chicago Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo is closing his chapter with the MLB.

Rizzo, 36, returned to Wrigley Field on Saturday, September 13, to retire as a Cub as the team took on the Tampa Bay Rays. (The athlete played for the New York Yankees in the World Series last year, but injuries contributed to him hanging up his cleats 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, [Emily], ‘Hey, enjoy this ride,'” Rizzo said in a news conference, per ESPN. “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 opportunity, it was probably going to be it, and I couldn’t be happier.”

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