Now Anthony Rizzo Joins the Bittersweet Homer Symphony

Brett Taylor

Oct 05, 2021

It may not have quite the historic mirror that the Kyle Schwarber-Gerrit Cole dinger had, but it’s still quite fun to see Anthony Rizzo homering in the postseason this year. Fun, that’s the word we’re using, right?

Nathan Eovaldi was CRUISING until Rizzo just took him deep:

.@ARizzo44 gets one back for the @Yankees. pic.twitter.com/tZKQIKbVCD

— MLB (@MLB) October 6, 2021

Crazy to see the two homering together tonight in the postseason for the first time since the game where Schwarber parked one on top of the right field video board, and Rizzo, whose homer came first, sent one out even further:

Last time Anthony Rizzo & Kyle Schwarber homered in the same postseason game:

Game 4 of the 2015 NLDS. Both vs. Kevin Siegrist

— Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) October 6, 2021

Alas, they weren’t leadoff shots, so I don’t get any credit:

Two lead-off home runs coming up tonight. pic.twitter.com/Mc7Qrp4LHM

— Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) October 5, 2021

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Brett Taylor

Brett Taylor is the Lead Cubs Writer at Bleacher Nation. You can find him on Twitter at @BleacherNation, on Bluesky at @Brett-Taylor, and on LinkedIn here. Brett is also the founder of Bleacher Nation, which opened up shop in 2008 as an independent blog about the Chicago Cubs. Later growing to incorporate coverage of other Chicago sports, Bleacher Nation is now one of the largest regional sports blogs on the web.

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