Social Media Blows Up About Anthony Rizzo’s Historic Start As A New York Yankee

Anthony Rizzo is doing thing that no Yankee has ever done during his first week in the Bronx.

On Wednesday night, Rizzo went deep for his first home run in Yankee Stadium as a member of the home team.

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Rizzo's 1st 💣 in Pinstripes at the Stadium 🙌 pic.twitter.com/b2LEXalxm5

— New York Yankees (@Yankees) August 5, 2021

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With his home run, Anthony Rizzo has now had an RBI in each of his first six games in the pinstripes, something that has never been done before in the Yankees’ rich history.

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Anthony Rizzo is the 1st player in Yankees history with an RBI in each of his first 6 games with the team. pic.twitter.com/kZXX1jfpxL

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) August 5, 2021

Yankees fans are ecstatic with Anthony Rizzo’s historic start as a member of the team.

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Another Anthony Rizzo home run! This guy is incredible pic.twitter.com/Hiy5D0hNtJ

— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) August 5, 2021

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Rizzo spends 5 minutes blowing up a balloon. Judge walks buy and sticks a needle in it.

— Jomboy (@Jomboy_) August 4, 2021

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Rizzo is fitting in perfectly in NY 😂
pic.twitter.com/QSw5erf0ar

— Shit Bsb Players Say (@ShitBsbPlyrsSay) August 3, 2021

https://twitter.com/MikeDroTV/status/1423086670241468421

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I love Anthony Rizzo #SquadUp https://t.co/zU3fb1cgjn

— Andrew J. Fulk (@fulknA) August 5, 2021

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I'm getting sick of seeing the same excuses for Gallo. "Oh he's gotta settle in." "He's nervous."

Rizzo hasn't stopped contributing since his first AB. Don't give me that shit.

— Joe (@PositiveJoe99) August 5, 2021

https://twitter.com/CheerTheAnthem/status/1423086182288830464

Despite a disappointing first half of the season, the Yankees opted to be buyers at the trade deadline, acquiring Joey Gallo along with Anthony Rizzo.

So far, the move for Rizzo is paying off. But the Yankees are going to have to hope for more heroics from #44 and the rest of their roster if they want to make a playoff push.

The Yankees are currently 6.5 games back of the Rays for first place in the AL East. But they’re just 2.5 games back of the A’s for the second wild card spot.

There’s no doubting that the Yankees are far from a perfect baseball team, but perhaps they can still give themselves a puncher’s chance to make a run if they continue to get other-worldly production out of Anthony Rizzo.

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