Cubs legend Ryan Sandberg passed away this week at the age of 65.

We recorded this episode just hours after he had passed away on Monday evening.

We were really fortunate to have Ryan as a guest at our first ever live show last year.

And 14 minutes of that interview, we will play at the end of this show.

So after the show is over, stick around for an interview with Ryan Sandberg, a selection of that interview from 2024. So stay tuned at the end. But let's get underway with this week's episode of compound. Welcome back to the compound podcast. This is episode 269. 269 of the compound podcast presented by Parse rum.

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We are starting the show with sad news. We're recording on Monday night.

Ryan Sandberg passed away today after a battle with cancer.

Rhino was a Cubs legend of the game, one of the best to ever do it.

But I think probably more importantly than that, just an unbelievable human being,

what he meant to the organization, the fan base, I was lucky enough to spend a good amount of time with him,

whether it was in spring training, him being around, he was always there, he was always

with the team from my first camp as a second baseman getting to talk to him and pick his

brain on it and him taking the time to behind the scenes at CubsCon

waiting in those back rooms hearing stories.

He was a special human and loved by not only the fans, but his teammates that he played

with.

You got to see that with those guys sharing stories and talking to each other and he will

be missed by everybody, by everybody.

And one of the coolest

experiences that I had as a cub or had as a cub was getting to see his statue unveiling last

summer and and what that meant to him and his family so he will be missed a remarkable human

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