Yankee Anthony Rizzo is particularly popular in this New Jersey town

Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo could only fill his own World Series roster with relatives from a small town in North Jersey — where he always hits a thousand.

“Me, my brother Frank and my sister-in-law Dorothea – we have a ritual where we have to sit during games,” said Michael Rizzo, who proudly watched nephew Anthony and the Bombers battle the LA Dodgers for one series Ring.

Michael, a 67-year-old retired New York union construction worker, told the Post that the family saw Anthony 35 at the 2016 World Series when he was with the Chicago Cubs.

“We have to be in the same seats” as we were 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, Florida – but “every vacation, every holiday, they were always here,” the uncle said of the family.

Michael is one of dozens of Rizzo relatives who still live in Lyndhurst, a town of about 23,000 located about 16 miles from The House that Ruth Built.

“My father had ten brothers and sisters. The only one really left was my brother Johnny (Anthony's father),” Michael said in a telephone interview, noting that he himself “had eight brothers and sisters.”

“We have so many cousins, nieces and nephews, and I would say 90 percent of them still live in Lyndhurst. “It’s a huge family, huge support for (Anthony),” the uncle said.

Another Michael Rizzo, 46, a family friend but not a relative, said: “Wherever I go, when they hear my name is Rizzo, they immediately ask if I'm related to Anthony Rizzo.”

Senior Michael Rizzo said when Anthony was traded to New York in July 2021, it was a “dream come true” for his family and friends.

“We were thrilled. “Probably 90 percent of us are Yankee fans,” the uncle said. “Of course, even those who aren’t are cheering him on. He is the talk of the family.

“It’s a dream for him to be a ballplayer for the Yankees.”

Darius Hughes, 52, a relative of Rizzo's and a social studies teacher at Lyndhurst Middle School, where the younger Michael Rizzo is principal, said of Anthony: “His grandfather didn't live to see it, but he would have been very proud.”

The elder Michael Rizzo remembered his then 12-year-old nephew practicing with the Lyndhurst All-Star team he coached when Anthony was in town.

“I had to send everyone to the outfield because of how hard he hit the ball — and how far he hit the ball,” the uncle said.

When he was younger, Anthony always enjoyed getting treats from the local Lyndhurst pastry shop – and it still is, relatives said.

“The first thing he does after visiting family is go to the pastry shop” to buy pastries and Italian ice cream, his uncle Michael said.

The slugger particularly loves the bakery's Pignoli cookies and the Yum Yum vanilla and chocolate ice cream served together, now named in his honor after reaching the majors.

“That’s what he usually gets. “We always have,” said Lyndhurst Pastry Shop co-owner Jerry Lanzerotti, whose family has run the business since 1947.

If the Yankees overcome their current two-game deficit and win their 28th World Series, the pastry shop will do something special to celebrate, according to Darlene Mayewski, Butch Lanzerotti's daughter and Jerry's niece.

“My dad was a die-hard Mets fan — and now he’s a Yankee fan,” she joked.

Anthony's uncle Michael said when the Yankees take on the Dodgers in the Bronx on Monday night, he will enjoy ice cream and Pignoli cookies from Pastry Shop while cheering on his nephew.

“For me, with his experience, he is like a second captain in the team,” he said. “But there’s an uncle talking.”