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The Chicago puppies box, Matt Shaw, was far from the team on Sunday when they faced the Cincinnati Reds to attend the commemorative service of Charlie Kirk in Arizona, according to multiple reports.
The puppies did not confirm that Shaw was at Kirk service, but Chicago Sun-Times reported that manager Craig Counsell mentioned the media that Shaw was at a funeral for a friend.
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The third base of the Chicago puppies, Matt Shaw (6) teammates of the High Fives, after hitting a two -run homer in the fourth entrance against the Cincinnati Reds in Great American Ball Park on September 19, 2025. (Katie Stratman/Imagn images)
“Matt Shaw was not available today,” said Counsell. “He attended a friend’s funeral.”
The 23 -year -old personally knew the influential conservative. Kirk published a photo of himself at Wrigley Field with Shaw and Michael Busch last month. Shaw was scratched the alignment on September 10, the day Kirk was killed at the Utah Valley University campus, for personal reasons. Later he entered the game as a pinch batter, according to Atlético.
More than 90,000 attended Kirk’s commemorative service at the State Farm stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
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The third base of the Chicago puppies, Matt Shaw (6), is interviewed after a match against the Chicago White Sox in the field of the rate on July 26, 2025. (Patrick Gorski/Imagn images)
The puppies were among the MLB teams to pay tribute to Kirk. The team requested the end of “all political violence.”
“That all of us as Americans join in solidarity to strengthen our nation, finish these meaningless acts and resort to civil discourse to discuss our differences,” said a message before the game was said throughout the stadium before a game against the Rays of Tampa Bay.
The flag in Wrigley Field flew by half the staff according to the MLB application that the teams follow the presidential proclamation of President Donald Trump.
The New York Yankees also paid tribute to Kirk at Yankee Stadium.
Chicago lost to Cincinnati on Sunday 1-0. The team has already achieved a position in the playoffs.
