Ryne Sandberg was a Chicago Cubs mainstay for 14 or 15 seasons. The illustrious infielder, who received several awards during his career, broke the devastating news of his cancer diagnosis to Major League Baseball fans today.
The 64-year-old Sandberg made his Major League baseball debut in 1981 during a brief run with the Philadelphia Phillies. The second baseman eventually signed a contract with the Cubs in 1982, the team he had always admired.
Over the course of his 15-year career, Sandberg earned nine Gold Gloves and seven Silver Sluggers, was chosen an All-Star ten times, and was awarded the National League Most Valuable Player in 1990. In 2005, the year he was inducted into the Hall of Fame, the club retired his number.
The illustrious former footballer has now revealed that, 27 years after retiring, he was given a metastatic prostate cancer diagnosis last week.
