Yankee Anthony Rizzo is especially beloved by this NJ town

Ace Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo could fill his own World Series rooting section just with kin from one small North Jersey town — where he always bats a thousand.“Me and my brother Frank and my sister-in-law Dorothea — we have a ritual where we have to sit during the games,” said Michael Rizzo, who has been proudly watching nephew Anthony and the Bombers battle the LA Dodgers for a series ring.Michael, a 67-year-old retired New York City union construction worker, told The Post that the family watched Anthony 35, in the 2016 World Series when he was with the Chicago Cubs.“We have to be sitting in the same spots” as in 2016, when the Cubs ended their 108-year title drought, Michael said.Anthony, the son of Lyndhurst natives John Rizzo and Lori Rapisardi Rizzo, was born and raised in Parkland, Fla.—  but “every vacation, every holiday they were always here,” the uncle said of the family.Michael is one of the dozens of Rizzo relatives still living in Lyndhurst, a town of roughly 23,000 located about 16 miles from The House that Ruth Built.“My father had 10 brothers and sisters.

The only one that really left was my brother Johnny [Anthony’s father],” Michael said in a phone interview, noting that he himself “had eight brothers and sisters.“We have so many cousins, nieces and nephews, and I’d say 90% of them are still in Lyndhurst.It’s a huge family, huge support for [Anthony],’’ the uncle said.Another Michael Rizzo, 46, a family friend but no relation, said, “Wherever I go, when they hear my name is Rizzo, they ask right away if I’m related to Anthony Rizzo.”The older Michael Rizzo said that when Anthony was traded to New York in July 2021, it was a “dream come true’’ for his family and friends.“We were ecstatic.

Probably 90% of us are Yankee fans,” the uncle said.“Even the ones that aren’t, of course they root for him.

He’s the talk of the family.“It’s a dream that he’s a ball player fo...