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" Typically, a position change is more for instructional league and winter time. It's just a more relaxed situation. A player can make some mistakes and learn from them. That's the proper way to go about a position change, for me. "

Ryne Sandberg

Way

Time

Change

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" Time and time again, I see former teammates, and we talk about it. It feels like we are all on the same page: We enjoyed the regular season, but we were disappointed in not making the World Series. "

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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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Opportunities

" I learned a lot in the Minor Leagues, spending six years there. I honed my skills, as far as coaching goes. I was able to work with the players in a lot of facets of the game. "

" The fourth major league game I ever saw in person, I was in uniform. "

" I had too much respect for the game to leave it behind or to make it my second or third sport in college. "

" My mom was at every single game I played as a kid, rain or shine. "

" I talk to the players, either individually or as a group, what I'm feeling, and I think the players appreciate that. And I think they respond to that. "

" I never forgot the four years I spent with the Phillies, my September call-ups and my big league Spring Trainings. I never forgot that. "

" I don't expect any red carpet to the big leagues. If the opportunity comes, then it comes. But I don't think I'm owed anything. "

" Am I impressed by myself? Nah, not really. "

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Really

Impressed

" I have great memories of being a Cub, and I'm happy building new ones with the Phillies. "

" Your first responsibility is to the organization, to teach and prepare players to get to the big leagues and have them ready when they get there, but everyone in the minors wants to be in the majors. "

" I've always had that attitude that things happen for a reason. "

" When did it - When did it become okay for someone to hit home runs and forget how to play the rest of the game? "

" I struggled many times when maybe it didn't look like I was struggling, and I had to work hard every day. "

" The reason I am here, they tell me, is that I played the game a certain way, that I played the game the way it was supposed to be played. "

" There is a lot to managing, and with almost four years under my belt, I believe I'm ready. "

" One of the first benchmarks in a season are far as at-bats is 100. "

" If you played the game the right way, played the game for the team, good things would happen. "

" I was in the postseason twice and I'm thankful for that. "

Ryne Sandberg

Thankful

Twice