Ryne Sandberg

I'm not a sportswriter. I don't get to vote. I don't get the ballot in the mail, so it's out of my hands either way. I can say that in the history of the Hall of Fame, there are no suspicions about guys who are in the Hall of Fame.

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Tainted numbers, I believe, do not belong in the Hall of Fame.

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'The Sandberg Game' comes up all the time. Fans tell me where they were. They were driving down the highway, they were in the bleachers, they were downtown listening on the radio, they were on the farm on a tractor. I've heard all the stories where people have been. They're just amazed by the ending of the game and the thrill of it.

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I didn't play the game right because I saw a reward at the end of the tunnel.

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A lot of people say this honor validates my career, but I didn't work hard for validation.

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It's an elite group. And once you're in the Hall, you're in the Hall. Up until now, I think the voting system has handled things very well. And like I said before, there are no suspicions in the Hall of Fame.

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I was a baseball player at North Central High School in Spokane, Washington even though I was all-city in basketball, even when I signed a letter of intent to play quarterback at Washington State.

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There's nothing I would do differently, no wishing I had done this or done that.

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It didn't happen, but I feel fortunate for the two chances we had and it's just a shame we didn't go to a World Series for Cub fans.

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Steve Bartman was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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Quotes by Ryne Sandberg