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.
Mr. Sandberg has a very impressive claim:
He is a member of Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame.
Ryne put together an impressive playing career a little while ago.
He was the second baseman all Wrigley Field fans would know.
Ryne is now managing the Iron Pigs from Lehigh Valley.
The play of this minor league team has impressed me.
They are playing quality baseball that appears quite fine.
In a large measure, they all have to thank Ryne.
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