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Bears coach Ben Johnson called Ryne Sandberg “a big part of my childhood” in offering condolences to the family of the Cubs’ Hall of Fame second baseman who died Monday night.
“I grew up a big Cubs fan, and so he was a big part of my childhood, my family,” Johnson said before practice Tuesday. “We watched him, Mark Grace the whole crew on WGN for a number of years. I know what he means to the city and the career that he had.”
Johnson grew up a Cubs fan in North Carolina thanks to WGN-TV.