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Chicago Cubs third baseman Matt Shaw is "not concerned at all" by any backlash he could get after skipping a game to attend Charlie Kirk’s memorial in Arizona.

Shaw missed the Cubs’ 1-0 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday to attend the memorial service in Glendale, though manager Craig Counsell mentioned to the media that Shaw wasn’t available for the game as he was at a funeral for a friend.

Shaw explained why he made it a point to attend the memorial despite his team’s schedule.

"My connection with Charlie was through our [Christian] faith," Shaw said before the Cubs opened a new series with the New York Mets on Tuesday, per the Chicago Sun-Time . "And that’s something that drives me every day, the reason why I’m a

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