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Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff Writer
Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg introduced through Instagram on Tuesday that his most cancers had returned and unfold to different organs, forcing extra “intensive therapy.”
Sandberg, 65, was first recognized with prostate most cancers in December 2023, however then declared himself cancer-free the next August after months of therapy. It made Tuesday’s information all of the extra gorgeous.
“Unfortunately, we not too long ago realized the most cancers has relapsed and it has unfold to different organs,” Sandberg mentioned in his social media assertion. “This implies that I’m again to extra intensive therapy. We will proceed to be constructive, sturdy, and struggle to beat this. Thank you on your ideas and prayers for me and my household.”
Sandberg performed 16 years with the Cubs after being traded to Chicago from the Phillies in 1982. He received the NL MVP in 1984 after hitting .314 with 19 dwelling runs and 19 triples whereas stealing 32 bases. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2005 after hitting 282 dwelling runs, virtually all as a second baseman.
Shortly after Sandberg introduced he was cancer-free throughout final season, the Cubs unveiled a statue of him exterior of Wrigley Field. He’s a relentless presence there, serving as an analyst and ambassador to the workforce.
“Ryne is an inspiration to most cancers survivors in all places,” Cubs proprietor Tom Ricketts mentioned in an announcement. “I do know all Cubs followers be part of my household and me in sending constructive ideas to Ryne and retaining him and his household in our prayers as he faces this subsequent spherical of remedies to defeat most cancers. Ryne has the guts and soul of a champion and that can serve him properly on this problem.”
