Matt Shaw defends missing Cubs game for Charlie Kirk memorial service
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Chicago Cubs Third Master Matt Shaw, “he doesn’t worry about any reaction he can get after jumping a game to join the Charlie Kirk Monument in Arizona.
Shaw missed Cincinnati Reds 1-0 loss of Cubs on Sunday to attend the commemoration ceremony in Glendale, but the manager Craig Counsell said that Shaw was at a funeral for a friend to the media.
Shaw explained why he joined the monument despite his team’s program.
“The independence with Charlie [Christian] Faith, “said Shaw, Cubs before opening a new series with New York Mets on Tuesday Chicago Sun-Times. “And this is something that pushes me every day, the reason I can do what I do every day, and this is something I am very grateful.
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“I know that I will not be here, I can talk to you, that this team can at the end of this team to win and win the championships without belief and without many blessings given to me in my life.
Chicago Cubs third master Matt Shaw Hight-Fives teammates on September 19, 2025 against the Fourth shot against Cincinnati Reds in Great American Ball Park. (Katie Stratman/Imagn Images)
“This is really something I feel really blessed, so it’s good, no matter what backfire. I feel strong about my belief and what should be.”
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Shaw, Kirk and Arizona in the same apartment complex while living in the last offseason, he added. Shaw said the two remained in contact during the MLB season.
Shaw said he was emotional when he found out that Kirk was assassinated at an event at Utah Valley University on September 10th.
“When this happened, I came to many emotions,” he explained. “I didn’t foresee that this would happen. [teammates] Supporting me and something I will remember all my life will happen. “
Shaw was drawn from Cubs’s series that night before a match against Atlanta Braves.
According to Shaw, Kirk, a native of Arlington Heights, a northern suburb of Chicago, said, “It was one of the biggest Cubs fans I’ve ever met.” In fact, Shaw said he was his wife Erika Kirk, who wanted to join the monument. After a meeting with Counsell and some of his teammates, Shaw felt that his decision was accepted.
“Charlie and I connect so closely because of our belief.” “This is something that pushes me every day, something I always think about. So, if people wonder who I am and what I stand for, I want to make sure that my belief and many blessings I have given can be here and I can support the people around me, I want to make sure that I can love the people around me.”
The pups were among the MLB teams to pay tribute to Kirk, and “all political violence” was terminated.
Matt Shaw of Chicago Cubs is against Tampa Bay Rays in Wrigley Field in Chicago, Chicago, September 12, 2025. (Michael Reves/Getty Images)
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