Ryne Sandberg

At his Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 2005, Ryne Sandberg gravitated toward his people. Ozzie Smith, Cal Ripken, Joe Morgan, Robin Yount. Second basemen, shortstops, guys who could play their position well and hit for average and hit it out ...  

“You never know when that call will come,” Thompson said, “but I’ve grown up close to here, in Reading, suburban Philly and the Scranton area ... in attendance two seasons in a row. The Phanatic, Ferrous and FeFe mascots also made ...  

Sandberg, incidentally, was one of six candidates interviewed by the Cardinals. Former Phillies manager Larry Bowa, a friend of Sandberg’s, is mystified that it has taken so long for a hard worker and once-great player to get a chance.  

Thirty years ago today, one of the more one-sided trades of the 1980s occurred. It was one of the worst trades the Phillies ever made, and one of the best trades the Cubs ever made. At the time, the three-player transaction didn’t look like a big deal. If it was at all interesting to people, it’s because it was a challenge trades, in which the clubs swapped their veteran starting shortstops, with Chicago’s Ivan DeJesus going to the Phillies...  

READING ­– Ryne Sandberg, a member of both the Baseball and Reading Baseball Hall of Fame, has been added to the 2012 Phillies Winter Banquet on Tuesday, January 24th at The Crowne Plaza Reading Hotel. In addition to Sandberg, new Reading ...  

He was elected to the Hall of Fame, earning 76.2% of the vote, during his third appearance on the ballot in 2005. Fortunately, the opportunity continues to exist for him to begin his major league coaching career with the Phillies. Blowing in the wind Cubs ...  

AT HIS Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 2005, Ryne Sandberg gravitated toward his people. Ozzie Smith, Cal Ripken, Joe Morgan, Robin Yount. Second baseman, shortstops, guys who could play their position well and hit for average and hit it out of the park.  

Nearly 1,000 people went to DeSales University in Center Valley, near Allentown, on Thursday for the latest stop on the Phillies' winter banquet tour, and there was Ryne Sandberg. He is still a minor-league manager, facing the sixth straight season he will ...  

Thirty years ought to be enough time to be over something as trivial in the grand scheme ... I will never get over the Phillies dealing Larry Bowa and kicking in Ryne Sandberg in a trade with the Cubs for Ivan DeJesus on January 27, 1982.  

The Phillies will begin reporting to Clearwater for spring training. So that makes this week a good time for the Phils to go on the banquet circuit, and tonight Charlie Manuel did, joining IronPigs' manager Ryne Sandberg at DeSales for the IronPigs' winter banquet. This year's event was another sellout, the IronPigs say it's also bigger than any previous banquet they've had over the years. The key guys for folks to listen to tonight are...