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...YORK--Second baseman Ryne Sandberg, who led the Chicago Cubs to their first championship in 39 years, was named the Most Valuable Player in the National League yesterday, gaining 22 of the 24 first-place votes cast by the Baseball Writers Association of America...
...Sandberg, who also had two second-place votes, totaled 326 points in the balloting, easily outdistancing first baseman Keith Hernandez of the New York Mets, who finished with 195. Batting champion Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres was third with 184 points. Hernandez and Gwynn each had one first-place vote...
...Sandberg and the rest of the Cubs were on a cruise off the Mexican coast when the award was announced...
...been paying Ernie to be Ernie. (Who better for the job?) Seeing other uses for the money, Green asked waivers on tradition and began redoing his roster in ex-Dodgers and ex-White Sox and ex-Red Sox and ex-Phillies most of all. Notably Second Baseman Ryne Sandberg, Leftfielder Gary Matthews, Rightfielder...
...were in first when I got here," Sutcliffe said humbly after clinching the half-pennant with his 14th straight victory. The new Cubs all seem appealing. Matthews, their topkick, acted unaware that his third game-winning hit in two days had moved him to the front of the league. Sandberg appeared surprised with himself and his most valuable season. "All I did was play hard," he said. "I didn't know...