Ryne “Rhino” Sandberg

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Sad news and just another reminder to screen for a preventable cancer.

The HOF debate should be at another time - but I’ll say I thought he was a bit overhyped overall - similar to Dale Murphy. Playing on a “national” regional tv network helped get him exposure to the public and name recognition. He was the standard for the 80s at 2b - but the guys who came along in the 90s/early 2000s redefined the position offensively.

Yea - for 5 years he was far and away the best at the position - but I’m not sure I’d take him over say Joe Morgan and Morgan is close enough to a contemporary to compare - between Morgan and Alomar stands Sandberg and while he was good - he’s bookended by better players in my opinion. Obviously Alomar had some help with Steroids - but playing in Wrigley aided Sandberg. Ultimately - I think he belongs, but wouldn’t say he was as great as some Cubs fan feel he was - like Banks, he just had the “good” fortune of being a star on some mediocre teams.

Anyway - RIP to a great ambassador of the game who remained engaged with fans even after the prognosis was clear. Baseball needs more players like him and his loss will be felt.

You sir are correct with your first statement. 7/8 years ago I could barely breathe and was wondering why. I thought because it was 100 degrees out and was out walking a long distance Went to waffle House to have some coffee at 4am and was so tired that I passed out man. I woke up in the hospital that day and had a doctor come in my room saying I had lung cancer stage 3 in my right lung and ammonia sickness He said if you don't have chemo and radiation you have 12 months to live. The tumor was big enough that it was blocking my airwaves. Talk about being blessed I know that if That day doesn't happen I never get checked and it would have been to late for me cause I never had any side effects or knew it life's crazy man and they did a scan and caught it.. It just wasn't my time cause stage 4 would probably have been to late for me maybe not but anyways. That day I actually was born again.

 

[djefferis]

Pipe - glad your still hear with us.

Way too easy to put off symptoms and think it’s nothing - learned my lesson a year ago on 8/15.

Way too many of us just act like going to a dr is showing a sign of weakness and think ignoring it will make the issue go away. The older we get the- the more crucial it is to not play around.

 

[pipe]

Pipe - glad your still hear with us.

Way too easy to put off symptoms and think it’s nothing - learned my lesson a year ago on 8/15.

Way too many of us just act like going to a dr is showing a sign of weakness and think ignoring it will make the issue go away. The older we get the- the more crucial it is to not play around.

Thanks man .Absolutely man. You had cancer too bro? I'm gonna be brutally honest with you I was not only shocked by it cause I never knew. Like that one decision that day to have coffee and passing out was what found it because where I was at a waffle House where many heroin addicts use the waffle House bathroom to inject themselves. But they told me they thought I was OD from heroin and hit me with narcan but they didn't see needle marks because I don't use. Right there the hospital knew and did a full body scan and other tests and found it. Thank GOD bro. I don't believe in luck but man wow. I definitely dodged a bullet from dying bro. From now on I take nothing for granted.

 

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Merge this with the Ryan thread please BMR @BobbyFK

 

[Archie]

health is the real wealth.

but usually only the unhealthy realize this, after it is too late

 

[BMR Genie]

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HEARTBREAKING COMEBACK: Cubs Legend Ryne Sandberg Breaks Silence After Surgery, Calls for Prayers in Emotional Message
Cubs legend Ryne Sandberg has brought the baseball community to tears with his first post-surgical update. In a short but emotional letter, he wrote: "I'm learning to deal with the pain, but it's your prayers that keep me going..." At 64, the man who once made Wrigley Field explode with his epic catches is now fighting not on the field, but on...

No more pain. RIP!

 

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Merge this with the Ryan thread please BMR @BobbyFK

Thank you @BMR Genie

 

[jjgold]

Did he ever screen?