Chicago Cubs third baseman Matt Shaw missed the team's crucial game against the Cincinnati Reds to attend conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk's funeral. Shaw, 23, was not in the lineup when the Cubs played the Reds at Cincinnati's Great American Ballpark on Sunday, September 21. The Cubs lost, 1-0. "Matt Shaw was unavailable today," Cubs manager Craig Counsell told reporters after the game. "He attended the funeral of a friend.