CHICAGO — Corridor of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg says he’s cancer-free.
The Chicago Cubs nice made the announcement on Instagram on Thursday, practically seven months after he introduced he had metastatic prostate most cancers.
“Rang the Bell this morning!” he wrote. “WE did it, WE gained! What a Dream Staff, household, medical doctors, mates, nurses, followers who supported myself and Margaret by the final 8 months! We really feel so blessed from all of the love, prayers and ideas and optimistic phrases which have come our method! Fashionable medication has come alongside method so as soon as once more early detection is necessary. Annual physician visits! Time to rejoice! #godisgood.”
Sandberg, 64, has stored well-wishers up to date on his progress by his Instagram account and mentioned final month that scans confirmed no indicators of most cancers.
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 Philadelphia in 1981 and appeared in 13 video games with the Phillies earlier than he was traded to the Cubs in January 1982.
Sandberg become one of many majors’ greatest all-around performers with the Cubs. He made 10 All-Star groups and gained 9 Gold Gloves. He additionally was the Nationwide League MVP in 1984.
He was inducted into Cooperstown in 2005. In June, the Cubs unveiled a statue of Sandberg exterior Wrigley Discipline in a ceremony emceed by Bob Costas, 40 years to the day he hit a pair of late homers in a nationally televised win over St. Louis. The statue depicting him crouched and ready for a grounder is subsequent to bronze tributes to fellow Corridor of Famers Ferguson Jenkins, Billy Williams, Ron Santo and Ernie Banks.
