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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:31 am Post subject: Ryne Sandberg as manager of Cubs Class-A Peoria Chiefs
What's different is how the chronically soft-spoken second baseman has gone about this new experiment, managing with a Lou Piniella-like fire he rarely flashed in his playing days. The same quiet, introverted kid from Spokane, Wash., who was ejected just twice in his 16-year playing career has been tossed four times and suspended once in his first year as a manager. And the Chiefs' season is barely half over.
"I don't understand it," chuckles former Cubs teammate and close friend Rick Sutcliffe. "I rode with him for seven straight years to the ballpark and couldn't get him to say a word. Now he's getting thrown out of games? Maybe it has something to do with his hair turning gray or falling out. I'm not sure."
Sandberg shrugs off the ejections as part of his new job. Just like coaching third base. Setting his lineup. Aligning his defense. Managing his bullpen. Filing reports after every game. And playing father figure to the 25 young men on his roster.
"I guess the thing that's surprised me most is how much this has consumed me," he says. "I think about it all the time -- when I'm at the ballpark, when I'm at home with Margaret. I'm constantly thinking about lineups, strategies, where I can put guys. It just doesn't get out of my head."
Perhaps it never will.
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