His Sweet Spot Gone Sour, Sosa Takes a Dose of Boos
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While Mark McGwire avoids the spotlight and Barry Bonds closes in on 700 home runs, Sammy Sosa struggles to remain the forceful player around whom the Cubs revolve.
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Sammy Sosa hit a grand slam for his 599th career homer last night in Cincinnati, taking another little hop toward history while leading the Texas Rangers to a 7-6 victory over the Reds.
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Sammy Sosa isn't interested in answering the lingering questions about steroids. After a year out of baseball, the slugger has more pressing issues with the Texas Rangers.
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A year ago, he was the new star in camp. Reporters begged for a moment of his time and he managed to avoid most of them. He was the centerpiece acquisition off a tumultuous offseason, a can't-miss kid with a World Series MVP (won in Yankee Stadium!) on his r&#xE9;sum&#xE9;.
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The Mets&#39; pursuit of Sammy Sosa intensified yesterday when the club&#39;s decision-makers huddled for more than four hours to talk about their offseason strategy, including the pros and cons of acquiring the Cubs&#39; disgruntled slugger.
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As Sammy Sosa strolled into the visitors' clubhouse at Fenway Park yesterday afternoon, Rangers catcher Adam Melhuse greeted him from across the room in his best falsetto voice: "Hey, Sammy."
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BALTIMORE (Sports Network) - Sammy Sosa is expected to be  introduced as the newest member of the Baltimore Orioles during  a 6 p.m. (et) news conference this evening.
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The freekick was majestic, but the performance was not and if Real Madrid thought their bumpy start to the season was over with the slender win over Osasuna the supporters&#39; verdict rang in their ears via regular bursts of booing.
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Sammy Sosa went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts and a walk Friday in his spring debut in a "B" game for the Texas Rangers.
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Sammy Sosa was out of the lineup against the Montreal Expos yesterday because of bursitis in his right hip. And his replacement, Ben Grieve, was injured while making a catch.
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Barry Bonds heard the familiar chorus of boos each time he touched the ball in left field. When he came to the plate and didn't get to swing, that derision was directed at the mound. And, later, at St. Louis shortstop Aaron Miles after his third costly error in one inning.
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Sammy Sosa told himself to be patient and wait for his pitch &#151; even if it wasn't a home-run pitch. Oakland intentionally walked Mark Teixeira to load the bases and get to Sosa, and the slugger broke through against Lenny DiNardo.
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WORCESTER -- BC High senior Greg O'Neil acknowledged his initial reaction to yesterday's 0-0 draw with Algonquin in the MIAA Division 1 state final was disappointment.
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Six years after Sammy Sosa helped put a happy face back on baseball, the Chicago Cubs and their fans are treating him like a grenade with the pin pulled.
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CHICAGO -- Sammy Sosa appears to have found his swing, and the timing couldn&#39;t be better for the Chicago Cubs. Sosa hit his first grand slam in more than two years, and also had a solo homer as the Cubs hit
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The site of pitcher Jorge Sosa limping off the field overshadowed a dynamic performance by Carlos BeltrÃ¡n and a solid victory in Philadelphia.
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Sammy Sosa swung and missed in his chance to make history in his first game against the Chicago Cubs. Sosa, trying to become the fifth player with 600 career home runs, was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in the Texas Rangers' 5-4 loss to the Cubs on Tuesday night. Sosa hit 545 homers with the Cubs from 1992-2004, when he was the 1998 NL MVP and a seven-time All-Star.