TTM Stats
- Sent: 5/9/2020 | Received: 5/16/2020 | 7 Days
- ’86 Topps, ’87 Topps, ’91 Topps
- Address: Home (address from Sports Card Forum)
The Story of the Autograph
Ryne Sandberg is a Hall of Fame second baseman in the the major leagues. He played from 1981 through 1997 mostly with the Cubs, but spent that first year with the Phillies.
Sandberg was born and raised in Spokane, Washington. In high school he played three sports including football. He was name to Parade Magazine’s High school All-America team in 1977. Washington State recruited him to play football and he had signed a letter of intent. That was until the Phillies drafted him in the 20th round of the 1978 MLB Draft.
He made his first appearance in the majors three years later on September 2, 1981. He played 13 games over the rest of that season. But the Phillies really didn’t have a place for him: Larry Bowa was at short, Manny Trillo at second and the great Mike Schmidt was at third. So they traded Bowa and Sandberg for Ivan DeJesus in what is now known as one of the most lop-sided trades ever. The trade was done by Dallas Green who was the GM of the Cubs at the time and was with Philly when they drafted Sandberg.
The rest is pretty much history. After ten All-Star selections, nine Gold Gloves, seven Silver Sluggers, and MVP award, Sandberg was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005. He led the league in runs three times, led the majors in triples in 1984 and led the league in home runs in 1990. He also set a major league record with 123 straight games at second base without an error. That record was broken in 2007 by Placido Polanco.
After retiring Sandberg tried his hand a coaching and managing. He had some good years managing in the minors and finally got his shot in the majors with the Phillies at the end of the 2013 season. But it didn’t go all that well and he resigned mid-season with the Phillies in last place in 2015.
The Score on Ryne Sandberg – 7.0
One of my goals this year was to finally pay for an autograph. I had done that before but not in a while and I decided to do it a little while ago. I went for three Hall of Famers who were pretty affordable to me. I like Ryne’s signature. There’s a sort of managed craziness to it that gives it a lot of personality. I weighed a lot of which cards to get signed – cards in his best years or after, or cards that would take an autograph well. I kind of split the difference.
Thanks Mr. Sandberg! I’m giving this return a 7.
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Information gathered using Wikipedia and Baseball Reference.