The real story behind Anthony Rizzo borrowing Matt Szczur's lucky bat

By Sports Illustrated and SI Wire/Sports Illustrated
Published

Sports Illustrated senior writer Tom Verducci shares the real story in The Cubs Way: The Zen of Building the Best Team in Baseball and Breaking the Curse, which will be available from Penguin Randomhouse LLC on March 28.

SI.com published an excerpt of Verducci's new book on Tuesday. 

Rizzo hit .360 in the World Series with nine hits, one home run and five RBIs.

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