http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/01/12/ryne-sandberg-and-the-summer-of-89/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Sat, 16 Feb 2019 21:04:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/01/12/ryne-sandberg-and-the-summer-of-89/#comment-16360 Thu, 26 Jan 2017 21:34:49 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=16807#comment-16360 One of the things I remember most about 1989 is that Sandberg was constantly advancing the runner. As you say, Jerome Walton was playing out of his mind, and he was always on base. It seemed like Sandberg always found a way to advance him, even if he sacrificed himself by making an out in the process. I don’t remember ever seeing a player do that as effectively as Sandberg did that year. That came to my mind when Sandberg was inducted into the Hall of Fame and gave his speech about playing baseball the right way. I felt like Sandberg really exemplified that in 1989.

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