Gershon Wolf Poet Rhyme

A Special Soul Has Passed Away

  
      Ryne Sandberg has passed away
        For this special soul, baseball prays

      One year he could not give his all every day
        What’d he do? ~ He gave back his pay*




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     *That year, Ryne had inked a contract for the
       highest single-year salary every paid a base-
       ball player to that point in time. Approximate-
       ly 8.7 million dollars. He left the team in June,
       returning all of his unearned salary to his
       astonished team, the Chicago Cubs.

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Michael Tor August 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM Thank you for sharing Gershon. A man with honor so very few in this world. Thank you for sharing and so sorry for his loss. Haven't been on too much Gershon still working on my brother's house and my wife Judy is having surgery soon. I wanted to come by and say hi. Miss you and your poetry will be back soon to catch up. Blessings my friend hope all is well... Gershon Wolf August 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM Hope things go well, esp. with your wife's surgery. Always good to see your avatar, Michael. Happy trails, Gershon

CayCay Godwin August 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM My Father and brother were sports addicts so I'm familiar with many athlete's names, but not this one. I do recall hearing about a baseball player returning an unprecedented amount of money to the team. Did he die from an illness, and is an illness why he retired? Poetry hugs ... CayCay Gershon Wolf August 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM He had cancer in his later years... He first 'retired' b/c of marital difficulties... Then he remarried and he came back.

sara Etgen-Baker August 2, 2025 at 4:15 AM an astonishing man on many levels. Thanks for sharing this one,

Joe Maverick August 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM Real character shown there G W.!!! No wonder He 'never ran' in politics..They would have really Bat-tered him there i reckon.?

Bill Baker August 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM Great ballplayer and a better man. Thanks for sharing the news, Gershon. Bill Gershon Wolf August 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM Yep. My oldest son's first baseball idol, Ryne was. Makes my son feel the passage of time...