Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg introduced Monday that he’s battling prostate most cancers.
In a put up on his Instagram web page, the previous Chicago Cubs nice shared that he realized final week of his metastatic prostate most cancers prognosis, including that he already has begun therapy.
“We will continue to be positive, strong and fight to beat this,” Sandberg wrote in his put up. “Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time for me and my family.”
A bronze statue of Sandberg, 64, shall be unveiled in Gallagher Way exterior Wrigley Field on June 23, coinciding with the fortieth anniversary of his legendary “Sandberg Game” in opposition to the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Wrigleyville firm Obvious Shirts is planning to create a T-shirt in honor of Sandberg’s most cancers struggle with 100% of gross sales donated to a charity of Sandberg’s alternative, which continues to be being finalized.
A winner of 9 Gold Glove and 7 Silver Slugger awards in addition to the 1984 National League MVP award, Sandberg was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005 and had his No. 23 retired by the Cubs the identical 12 months.
He spent 4 seasons (2007-10) managing within the Cubs farm system earlier than departing the group and becoming a member of the Philadelphia Phillies, who drafted him within the twentieth spherical in 1978, to handle their Triple-A affiliate in 2011. After a promotion to the big-league teaching employees in 2012, Sandberg took over because the Phillies interim supervisor in August 2013 and one month later had the interim title eliminated.
Sandberg returned to the Cubs in an envoy position in 2016 after he resigned as Phillies supervisor in June 2015.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com