Ryne Sandberg, a Hall of Fame second baseman who kicked off baseball’s shift to power-hitting middle infielders, has died. He was 65. The Chicago Cubs, the team he played.
Ryne Sandberg, a Hall of Fame second baseman who kicked off baseball’s shift to power-hitting middle infielders, has died. He was 65. The Chicago Cubs, the team he played for nearly all of his career, announced his death on Monday, per the New York Times, without providing any more information. Sandberg revealed in January 2024 that he was being treated for metastatic prostate cancer. He «will be remembered as one of the all-time greats in nearly 150 years of this historic franchise», Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts said in a statement, per the AP.
