Paul Sullivan talks 2016 Cubs' World Series Championship team reunion (Hour 4)

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Unknown 0:00

The score! Fly ball shallow right. Michael Bush going back. Foul ground. Makes the catch. Cubs win. Cubs win the game. Cubs win the series. Wire to wire in this one. Cubs 10, Twins run one.

Mark Grote 0:21

Good way to start the post-All-Star break for the Chicago Cubs. And that would be a 10-1 win over the Twins. And that highlight, courtesy of the Marquee Sports Network. Rahimi Harrison-Grody here on 104.3 The Score. Great weekend for all sorts of reasons. The winning weekend. most importantly for the Chicago Cubs, and the fact that they had the 2016 10-year reunion with the majority of the players coming back. Great ceremony at Gallagher Way with the plaques and everything and honoring all the Cubs World Series championships through the years, of which there have not been many, but a perfect person to talk to today. because he was around in, of course, 2016, and he's around now, and he was around Wrigley Field all weekend long.

Mark Grote 1:10

It is our friend Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune columnist. Paulie, what's going on, brother? How are you? How you doing, Groot? I'm doing great, man. How was the weekend? Was the nostalgia thick? Did you enjoy it? Did you get goosebumps? Did you shed a little tear? How was it for you, Paulie?

Paul Sullivan 1:30

It was thick, very thick. I did not shed a tear, but I had a few laughs. It was good to see a lot of those guys that I hadn't seen in many years, and I thought they did a great job. The Cubs really did it up for them, and I commend the Ricketts for that. They really went all out for these guys and their families. Some of the speeches were a little long-winded, but other than that...

How did the 2016 Cubs 10-year reunion at Gallagher Way unfold?

Paul Sullivan 2:00

You know, a mistake here or there. They called Matt Caesar a pitcher. That was kind of embarrassing. But, you know, all in all, I thought it was really nice. And the Rizzo. home run thing was a nice touch too.

Mark Grote 2:14

Speaking of Rizzo, I brought this up earlier. Does Rizzo have an opportunity with the ambassadorial work that he is doing with the Cubs, and he's done seemingly a great job of it already, hanging out in the bleachers and getting his hands on a couple of fly balls and just sort of embracing his stardom. Does he have a chance to kind of be the new Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs in terms of the way Ernie Banks was always present and always smiling and always willing to do whatever? Does Anthony Rizzo have that opportunity to be that guy for the Cubs going forward?

Paul Sullivan 2:53

Well, he certainly could be that guy for that era, that team for sure. Yeah. you know, Ernie had the, I think he was living in Chicago most of the time. So he was always out there, even if he wasn't doing anything, but Rizzo, you know, lives in New York still and, uh, got so many media obligations. Uh, I don't even know how many channels he's on now, but, uh, I, you know, I was talking to him in St. Louis about it and he, he, he just can't be here all the time. So I think, uh, it's going to be limited, but you know, when he does come back, it's, you know, it's, Rizzo's back. He's kind of the leader of that team. And, you know, when you think of reunions, you always think of somebody getting it together.

Paul Sullivan 3:34

And I think he would probably be that guy.

Marshall Harris 3:38

Paul, it feels like when there is a reunion of this nature. Hey, what's up? By the way, I completely understand the Matt Caesar thing because the dude was out here playing football, wide receiver, wildcat quarterback. Who knows what position Matt Caesar really plays? I get it. I covered him at Villanova, so I get all of that. Oh, that's right. That's right. So, so I wanted to ask you when a reunion comes by, I feel like it reminds all of us while we all have like flashbacks to that time. It just kind of reminds us that time does truly fly by. Right.

Paul Sullivan 4:10

Oh yeah. Yeah. And you know, everyone's a little bigger than they were back then. You don't want to say it to them. You'd say it in the car ride home with your wife. Wow. He put on a few, but you know, he got some gray hair there, but, I mean, just I wasn't at all the events. Obviously, I only saw the Wrigley Field part. They went to RPM. They were out in boats. They were at Butler.