Baseball Corridor of Famer Ryne Sandberg introduced Tuesday that the prostate most cancers he defeated earlier this yr has returned.
The Chicago Cubs legend wrote in an Instagram publish that the most cancers, which he thought had been eradicated by radiation, has unfold.
“Sadly, we lately discovered the most cancers has relapsed, and it has unfold to different organs,” he wrote Tuesday. “Which means that I’m again to extra intensive remedy. We’ll proceed to be optimistic, robust, and combat to beat this. Thanks to your ideas and prayers for me and my household.”
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Former Chicago Cubs participant Ryne Sandberg waves earlier than the staff unveils a statue of him earlier than a recreation in opposition to the New York Mets in Chicago June 23, 2024. (AP Photograph/Nam Y. Huh, File)
“Ryne is an inspiration to most cancers survivors all over the place,” Cubs proprietor Tom Ricketts stated in a press release Tuesday. “I do know all Cubs followers be part of my household and me in sending optimistic ideas to Ryne and protecting him and his household in our prayers as he faces this subsequent spherical of remedies to defeat most cancers. Ryne has the center and soul of a champion and that may serve him effectively on this problem.”
Sandberg hit .285 with 282 homers, 1,061 RBIs and 344 steals in 16 seasons within the majors. He made his huge league debut with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1981 and appeared in 13 video games with the Phillies earlier than he was traded to the Cubs in January 1982.
Ryne Sandberg of the Chicago Cubs fields the ball throughout a recreation in opposition to the San Francisco Giants at 3Com Park Aug. 13, 1997, in San Francisco. (Otto Greule Jr/Getty Photos)
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Sandberg was one of many majors’ high gamers with the Cubs. He made 10 MLB All-Star groups and received 9 Gold Gloves. He additionally was the NL MVP in 1984.
He was inducted into the Nationwide Baseball Corridor of Fame in 2005.
Former Chicago Cubs participant Ryne Sandberg waves to the gang earlier than throwing out a ceremonial first pitch earlier than Recreation 4 of the Nationwide League Championship Collection between the Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers at Wrigley Subject Oct. 18, 2017, in Chicago. (Jamie Squire/Getty Photos)
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Over the summer time, the Cubs immortalized Sandberg with a statue that depicts him crouched and ready for a grounder. It stands subsequent to bronze tributes to fellow Corridor of Famers Ferguson Jenkins, Billy Williams, Ron Santo and Ernie Banks.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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