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For most of the 1980s and 1990s, Ryne Sandberg slid his infielder’s glove over his bat, slung the bat over his shoulder and went to work for the Chicago Cubs.
He was mighty good at it, too, don’t you know.
In this week’s “Polling Place,” your home for Sun-Times sports polls on the social platform X, we asked which Sandberg-era Cubs player was your favorite. Was it Hall-of-Famer Sandberg, who will be honored with a statue unveiled outside Wrigley Field on Sunday? Andre Dawson, perhaps? Mark Grace? Sammy Sosa?
“The only home run ball I ever caught (OK, picked out of the basket) was hit by Dawson,” @RogersParkMan commented, “so I’ve got to go with ‘the Hawk.