Baseball Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg has announced that his prostate cancer has returned, requiring “more intensive treatment.”

The legendary Chicago Cubs second baseman first made it public in January that he had been diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer. However, he announced in May that he was cancer-free after undergoing chemotherapy and radiation

Tuesday’s post on Instagram that the cancer had returned was all the more devastating for baseball fans around the world.

“Unfortunately, we recently learned that the cancer has relapsed and spread to other organs,” Sandberg wrote. “That means I have to receive more intensive treatment again.”

Sandberg, 65, played 15 of his 16 major league seasons with the Chicago Cubs and retired after the 1997 season. At the time, he held the record for most home runs by a second baseman in baseball history.

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He won the National League MVP award in 1984 when he hit .314 with 19 home runs and 32 stolen bases and led the Cubs to the NL East Division title. We made ten consecutive All-Star appearances and won nine Gold Glove Awards and seven Silver Sluggers.

Sandberg was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005 and was honored by the Cubs last year with a statue outside Wrigley Field.

“We will continue to be positive and strong and fight to overcome this,” Sandberg wrote on Instagram. “Thank you for your thoughts and prayers for me and my family.”