The roped-off area around Ryne Sandberg’s statue featured piles of flowers already stacking up. Visitors also left Chicago Cubs hats, baseballs with written messages, notes, and even a

Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs slugger and second baseman Ryne Sandberg has died, following a battle with prostate cancer.

Friday’s game between the Chicago Cubs and the Baltimore Orioles marked the first time that the Cubs have been back at Wrigley Field since the death of franchise legend Ryne Sandberg. And upon returning to Chicago,