{"id":88860,"date":"2025-08-22T14:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T14:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/88860\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T14:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T14:05:07","slug":"the-opener-sandberg-uecker-beltre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/88860\/","title":{"rendered":"The Opener: Sandberg, Uecker, Beltre"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the Orioles make a major splash by locking up<\/a> one of their young hitters long-term, here are three things we\u2019ll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world headed into the weekend:<\/p>\n

1. Sandberg memorial today at Wrigley:<\/p>\n

Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg passed away last month at the age of 65 following a battle with cancer, and Cubs fans will have the opportunity to mourn and remember the 1984 NL MVP today. As noted by Selena Kuznikov of the Chicago Sun Times<\/a>, there will be a free-to-attend memorial for Sandberg at Gallagher Way outside of Wrigley Field from 9:30am until noon local time. That memorial will feature Sandberg\u2019s funeral service streamed to the jumbo screen overlooking Gallagher Way. Attendees may leave tributes to Sandberg at his statue on Gallagher Way, and those who want to participate but won\u2019t be able to make it to Wrigley this morning can watch the service on WGN and stream it online via the Marquee Sports Network app.<\/p>\n

2. Celebration of Mr. Baseball\u2019s life:<\/p>\n

Bob Uecker was a catcher in parts of six MLB seasons who went on to have a legendary broadcasting career where he spent 54 years as the voice of the Brewers. The Hall of Famer passed back in January at the age of 90 following a battle with cancer, but the Brewers\u2019 series finale against the Giants on Sunday will serve as an opportunity for fans in Milwaukee to mourn their longtime broadcaster and celebrate his storied life and career. As discussed by MLB.com\u2019s Adam McCalvy<\/a> back in April, Bob Costas will host a pregame program honoring Uecker, and there will be features during breaks in the game on the stadium scoreboard highlighting Uecker\u2019s history. First pitch of Sunday\u2019s game is scheduled for 1:10pm local time, and the pregame program celebrating Uecker will occur before that.<\/p>\n

3. Rangers to unveil Beltre statue:<\/p>\n

Longtime Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre<\/a> was part of last year\u2019s Hall of Fame class, and (as noted by NBC Dallas-Fort Worth<\/a>, among other outlets) he\u2019ll be celebrated by the club with a statue outside of Globe Life Field prior to today\u2019s game against the Guardians. The dedication is open to the public, and fans interested in attending will be able to access the stadium\u2019s parking lots starting at 2pm local time later today. A two-time Silver Slugger, three-time All-Star, and four-time Gold Glover across his eight years with Texas, Beltre hit .304\/.357\/.509 with 199 homers in 1,098 games as a Ranger. First pitch for tonight\u2019s game is at 7:05pm ET, and the first 20,000 ticketed fans in attendance for the game will receive a miniature replica of the Beltre statue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the Orioles make a major splash by locking up one of their young hitters long-term, here are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-88860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}