He wanted to win. I sat down to write my final report card and tasked myself with the following: find one positive thing to say about Ryne Sandberg. The negatives of his stint as a Phillies manager are copious enough to fill an entire (boring, depressing, and unreadable) book, but from time to time our dialogue on baseball devolves into black-and-white Hot Takes. I know my own analysis of Sandberg’s tenure has been more than a little Hot Take-y at times, so I give you this: He wanted to win. He really, really wanted to win.
2015 Phillies Report Card: Ryne Sandberg
