Former President Obama is remembering Rhine Sandberg as a “Class Act” after the death of the second baseman of the Chicago cub.
Sandberg, sixty -five -year -old Sandberg, died on Monday, cubsaid inA social media post. The famous baseball player announced last year that he was detected of metastatic prostate cancer.
“Hall of Famer and cub stallwart Rhine Sandberg were not just a great baseball player – that was a class act that never cheated the game,” Obama said On Tuesday.
“Everyone in Chicago – including white sox fans – will remember him deeply,” he said.
Former Commander in Chief, whose home city is Chicago, is a famousWhite Sox FanBut he has expressed praise for the first Windi City’s Crossstown opponent.
Cubs ahead of 2016 world series win, then white house press secretary Josh BayanaSaid aboutObama, “The President is a loyal Chicago White Sox fan.”
“But the President is also a champion of his hometown, and he is pleased to see the Chicago cub playing so well this year,” Bayana said at that time.
Ina statementMLB Commissioner Bob Manfred called Sandberg “legend of the Chicago cub franchise”.
Manfred identified Sandberg’s “10 consecutive all-stars selections, nine straight gold gloves, Seven Silver Slugers and 1984 National League MVP Honors,” He was a five-to-tool player who excelled in every aspect of the game for his power, speed and work morality, “Sandberg’s” 10-star selections, Nau-Star Selection, Seven Silver, Seven Silver, Seven Sill Slugers and 1984 National League MVP Award. ,
