Sandberg has historic power stroke

Long ago, Ryne Sandberg got good advice.

"I was told way back when by (former Cubs manager) Jim Frey,`Why not swing for power and jog around the bases?' " Sandberg said.

But neither man figured the suggestion would carry Sandberg tohistory.When he took the advice again Saturday in his first at-batagainst Pittsburgh's Steve Cooke, the 2-2 pitch landed in the handsof a left-field bleacherite - and in baseball's record books.If winning nine Gold Gloves as a second baseman and the MVPaward in 1984 doesn't land Sandberg in baseball's Hall of Fame, thehomer should.It was his 267th as a second baseman, breaking the record heldby Hall of Famer Joe Morgan. It came one …