Former Philadelphia Phillies draft pick, player, and manager Ryne Sandberg has announced some tough news.
The ball club drafted him in the 20th round of the 1978 MLB draft out of North Central High School in Spokane, Washington.
A few short months after his MLB debut, Philadelphia did something they likely regret, trading him to theSandberg went on to have a Hall of Fame career with the Cubs, going down as one of the best second basemen to ever play in Major League Baseball. In August 2013, Sandberg was announced as the interim manager, a month before he was named the permanent manager with a three-year contract. He resigned as the skipper in the middle of the 2015 campaign.He had announced he was cancer-free in August, but Sandberg released a statement on Tuesday saying the cancer is back and has spread to other organs.
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