As I was saying ...

This week, Anthony Rizzo attended a fundraiser for NVRQT, a charity devoted to "striking out pediatric cancer." Then he spent a few hours at Lurie Children's Hospital. He regularly spends time with kids battling cancer and asks them to sign his jersey, since they are the heroes. Whenever he goes there, he passes the family waiting room he donated. He says he did that because he remembers how hard his own youthful cancer battle was for his mother.

An All-Star first baseman, he lived his dream and pitched in an MLB game. Oh yeah, he also hit .420 for the week and hit the game winning homer on Thursday, in his 1000th major league game.

And it's only Friday.

Anthony Rizzo is simply all that is right with the world.