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.
https://twitter.com/MLBNetwork/status/1950245687561769133
Ryno set the tone
And, if you miss Harry:
Had the pleasure of caddying for Ryno one time. By far my favorite of the Chicago notables I got to loop for. Genuinely nice to everyone around him.
Stan Mikita was second, cool as a cucumber and an excellent golfer. My first celebrity I was nervous as hell and weird but he took it in stride.
Crane Kenney was a member at my club, carried for him a few times. Aloof and forgettable, like the rest of Cubs management. By far the worst. He didn’t recognize caddies as people.
Our HR VP is an Orioles fan. He took his son up to Chicago for a couple of games and said the Ryno stuff was really moving and well done.
Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for. - Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and likely Hoosier basketball fan.
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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.
https://twitter.com/MLBNetwork/status/1950245687561769133
Ryno set the tone
That's heavy.