Not a Cubs fan but he seemed to be a great guy and a definite great major leaguer. Hate to hear this.
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legendNot a Cubs fan but he seemed to be a great guy and a definite great major leaguer. Hate to hear this.
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Oh man, this one tears me up. Ryno was my favorite as a kid. I had the entire roster memorized in the mid-80s, and I'd go out in the back yard with the whiffle ball and just go down the entire lineup hitting home runs. But when I got to the bottom of the ninth and needed a miracle to win the game, I was always Ryno. Every time.
My childhood hero. This sucks.Not a Cubs fan but he seemed to be a great guy and a definite great major leaguer. Hate to hear this.
Me too. I had no idea he was this sick.Oh man, this one tears me up. Ryno was my favorite as a kid. I had the entire roster memorized in the mid-80s, and I'd go out in the back yard with the whiffle ball and just go down the entire lineup hitting home runs. But when I got to the bottom of the ninth and needed a miracle to win the game, I was always Ryno. Every time.
Me too. I had no idea he was this sick.Oh man, this one tears me up. Ryno was my favorite as a kid. I had the entire roster memorized in the mid-80s, and I'd go out in the back yard with the whiffle ball and just go down the entire lineup hitting home runs. But when I got to the bottom of the ninth and needed a miracle to win the game, I was always Ryno. Every time.
Neither did I. Reporting says he thought he had it beat but it came back. Sounds like they kept it pretty private, which I totally respect. But it still makes it a bit of a sledgehammer to the head to have this news drop on a Monday night.
Still remember my dad taking me to my first cubs game when I was like 8 or 9. Ryno, Grace, Shawn Dunston, the Hawk, man, that's my childhood.
R.I.P.
Still remember my dad taking me to my first cubs game when I was like 8 or 9. Ryno, Grace, Shawn Dunston, the Hawk, man, that's my childhood.(Andre Dawson too)
Same here, went to my 1st ever mlb game back then vs Reds when Ryno was at his best. May have been 1989-‘90.
R.I.P.
As a Northern Indiana Catholic, I probably lived through the greatest 4 year run for my sports teams at just the age where I cared most.
84 Cubs—7th grade
85 Bears—8th grade
87 Hoosiers—10th grade
88 Notre Dame—11th grade
In that span, I also had IU football’s Ernie Jones and Dave Schnell from Elkhart (my mom taught there) and their great run, the 89 Cubs, the rise of Jordan, and many great Hoosier basketball teams.
Sports has never been the same since.
@bradstevens man, you're right. Same for me. 84 was a little early for me...very, very faint memories from that team. But mid 80's on... Cubs all summer long on WGN. Bears and Hoosiers in the fall. Hoosiers and Bulls in the winter. Such fun times. Crushed to hear the Ryno news. Closing my eyes and picturing him choking up on the bat an inch or so, planting balls in to the Waveland side bleachers with his distinctive swing, Harry Caray with the call...
Sandberg, Dunston, Grace, Dawson, Lee Smith, Jody Davis, Keith Moreland, Sutcliffe, Ron Cey...
Payton, Dent, Marshall, Gault, Fridge, Anderson...
Schnell, Jones, Anthony Thompson, Dunbar...
No need to list IU bball...mid 80s through early to mid 90s were so awesome..
Jordan, nuff said...
I wasn't a Notre Dame football fan, at all. But obviously the 88 team was great, and then the 93 team as well. Lots of fun players to follow in that era too.
To say we were spoiled those years would be an understatement.
The 1980’s began with the Miracle in Ice
Greg lemond first American to win the TDF 1986.
Hating the cubs is just part of my DNA. That said, I’ve always liked Sandberg. A complete player and good guy.
Prostate cancer at age 65. Yikes. I was diagnosed when I was 66. Don’t screw around, get your self screened.
I was shook up by it, but was really floored by the response in Chicago. Every talk radio station yesterday talked about Sandberg most of the day. The sports radio stations had guest after guest on to share stories and callers calling in and crying on air. Andre Dawson came on and couldn't even get words out for a few minutes, he just broke down. If you know anything about Dawson, that is pretty shocking.Hating the cubs is just part of my DNA. That said, I’ve always liked Sandberg. A complete player and good guy.
Prostate cancer at age 65. Yikes. I was diagnosed when I was 66. Don’t screw around, get your self screened.
Ryno hit the sweet spot now in terms of timing, dying young enough that its kind of a shock, but old enough that people's nostalgia is ramped up, and he was just a good guy--no controversy, no off the field issues, no prima donna attitude.
I'm glad my one and only trip to Cooperstown was to see him get inducted. It was a special day.