The roped-off area around Ryne Sandberg’s statue featured piles of flowers already stacking up. Visitors also left Chicago Cubs hats, baseballs with written messages, notes, and even a

Big career ahead.” That’s how longtime Tribune reporter Jerome Holtzman described a recently acquired Chicago Cub Ryne Sandberg in April 1982. “Outstanding all-around athlete, with excellent instincts in all departments,

Shawon Dunston and Andre Dawson were devastated after realizing Sandberg was saying goodbye to them. They are devastated still.