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Sandberg, Ricketts rave about Cubs’ historic start
- Updated: May 11, 2016
CHICAGO — Ryne Sandberg played 15 seasons with the Cubs in his Hall of Fame career, but he said he’s never seen anything like this.
Sandberg and Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts represented the organization Wednesday at a Play Ball Weekend event at Chicago’s Hawthorne Scholastic Academy, and both raved about the team’s nearly unprecedented start to the season.
“It’s just a team that is put together with a lot of talent, great energy and such a positive feeling about them,” Sandberg said. “It’s hard for me to compare that to anything I really experienced, so I’m really enjoying it from the stands.”
Sandberg was with the Cubs from 1982-94 and again from 1996-97, but he played on only two playoff teams. Things are obviously different now.
“It’s incredible, what the team has done, but when you watch them day in and day out like I have and like we all have, you almost come to expect it,” Sandberg said. “Somebody’s gonna come through.”
Before falling to the Padres, 7-4, in the opener of a …
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