Cubs' Matt Shaw says leaving team to attend Charlie Kirk's memorial was 'what was meant to be'

Two days after missing a game in Cincinnati to attend Charlie Kirk’s memorial, Cubs rookie third baseman Matt Shaw said being among the tens of thousands who honored the controversial figure at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, was ‘‘meant to be.’’ As for any blowback — for his friendship with Kirk or for leaving his team during a critical closing stretch of the regular season — Shaw is ‘‘not concerned at all,’’ he said before the series opener Tuesday against the Mets at Wrigley Field. ‘‘My connection with Charlie was through our [Christian] faith,’’ Shaw said. ‘‘And that’s something...