Best buds Rizzo, Bryant help lift Cubs to long-awaited title (Yahoo Sports)

Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant have been nearly inseparable since the day they became major league teammates in the spring of 2015, 20-somethings with power and talent to burn. The centerpieces of Theo Epstein's methodical, patient rebuild helped the Cubs shed 108 years of futility early Thursday with one final game of catch in the 10th inning of Game 7 of the World Series. When Bryant fielded the grounder by Cleveland's Michael Martinez and fired it across the diamond to Rizzo at first base, the moment they'd talked about suddenly came to be.