The Chicago Cubs will play their first home games this weekend since the death of Ryne Sandberg, and they’re paying an incredible tribute to the legend.
The Cubs will return home for a weekend series against the Baltimore Orioles beginning Friday afternoon, but the team will honor Sandberg on Saturday with a truly remarkable gesture.
Crane Kenney, the team’s President of Business Operations, announced on 670 the Score Thursday that the team plans to wear blue jerseys with Sandberg’s No. 23 on the back, with no nameplates, for Saturday’s game:
Kenney also announced that the team would auction the jerseys after Saturday’s game to help raise money for Cubs for a Cure.
Sandberg died Monday at the age of 65 after a battle with metastatic prostate cancer, which he was diagnosed with in January 2024. After a brief remission, he was dealt a setback in December when he announced that his cancer had returned and spread to other organs, leaving him to face more intense treatment.
Sandberg was drafted by the Phillies in the 1978 MLB Draft. He appeared in 13 games for the Phillies during the 1981 season, then was traded to the Cubs in 1982, along with Larry Bowa in exchange for Ivan de Jesus.
Sandberg then played nearly his entire MLB career with the Cubs, winning National League MVP honors in 1984 while collecting nine Gold Gloves and seven Silver Slugger awards. He was a 10-time All-Star and won the 1990 Home Run Derby at Wrigley Field.
In all, Sandberg hammered 282 home runs and drove in 1,061 RBI’s in his big league career, and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005.
He would later serve as a manager at various levels of the Cubs’ organization before being hired by the Phillies in 2013. He would manage 278 games, with a record of 119-159 before resigning during the 2015 campaign.
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