CHICAGO - Ryne Sandberg was a great baseball player. Tall, smooth, swift, athletic, deftly powerful, he made playing second base look so easy that you figured you could do it.

Why would he ever make an error? He hardly ever did. From June 21, 1989, to May 17, 1990, he went 123 games without committing a single one for the Chicago Cubs . Five-hundred-eighty-four chances to screw up and nope. At the plate, it was the same smooth discipline combined with torque-generated strength and speed that let him hit 40 home runs one year and steal 54 bases another.

That was the thing about him with his grace and ease on the field--he was so fluid and serene that he was hard to fully appreciate. Great athletes always make what they do look easy. From gymnasts to quarterbacks, the best of the best

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