Sammy Sosa a great player a or great cheat?
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Good fan appeal, and not much more.  And that was back in the day.  He is not good enough for the Hall Of Fame.  And he is a cheat (corked bats and the roids).
371677
Sammy Sosa was offered a contract by only 1 major league team this year (Washington Nationals) and rejected it because the salary was "only" $500,000 and not guaranteed. With no other team willing to take a chance on him he has unofficially retired.
250748
Barry Bonds is a cheater.\nHe deserves in the Hall of Fame right after they let Pete Rose into the Hall.\nSammy Sosa, Jose Conseco, Mark McGwire, Giambi, Sheffield, etc. \nThey all knew the rules and broke them. Steroids have changed the game as we know it. Take the Home Run title away from Bonds and give it back to its rightful owner, Roger Maris.
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The answer is YES. Forget about the betting. \nHis Career Numbers are:\n\n4256 hits- Most All-Time\n3562 Games Played- Most All-Time\n2165 runs- 5th most All-Time\n746 doubles-2nd All Time\n5752 total bases- 6th All-Time\n.303 Career Average\nOnly had 160 Career Homeruns and \nOnly had 1314 Career Rbi.\nPlayed the game the way it was meant to be played. \n\nIf anyone belongs ... he does. Hasn't it been long enough?
32794
It might be a Red Sox player.Am I right?
395140
Yes, I think he is a key player, one of many. Personally I am a huge fan of his, and think and hope that he brings luck to Portugal, as well as all the other key players such as: Figo, Quaresma, Nuno Gomes, and Pauleta, just to name a few.
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No, he is NOT a Hall of Famer\n\nThe way he has forced trades via poor play and bad attitude I believe has killed that thought.\n\nI also must disagree... I do not think 500 home runs is an automatic invite anymore, especially amongst players of this "enhanced" era.\n\nAfter all, Rafael Palmeiro has 569 HRs and over 3,000 hits, Sosa has 588 HRs, and Big Mac has 583.\n\nWhich one of them do you see getting in at any time soon?\n\nOH, and IF he squeeks in... it will NOT be as a Yankee, (his stats there were mediocre at best.) he'll go in as a Brave.
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he's a good playerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
594667
he is the greatest player in history, if you look at history you should know that in that match against England in 1986, Even if in the first half he used his hand to make a goal, he showed his potential in the second half when he scored the Greatest Goal of all time.\nmaradona fall into drugs, ok he is human, as we know cocaine does not help people to perform better in Sport. i wonder if we had see all his potential. \nnow he is retired but when he play, you can see he still have that magic that no other player had, or have right now\nyears will past until we see another player like him
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One of the most skilled players in the game
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Yes, he should go for the following reasons:\n1. He has the stats to be an automatic hall of famer.\n2. What steroid did he take??  He took Creatine, which is a body building enhancer but is not a steroid.  \n3. Even if Sosa and McGuire were jacked up on every steroid known to man, there was no rule against it in baseball until after their record-breaking chase.\n4. People say McGuire and Sosa carried baseball in the 1996-1998 seasons.  Although I agree with ESPN announcer Mike Greenberg that if they did not do it, someone else would have stepped up and carried baseball...I do believe that they were the best ambassadors for baseball at that time.  Can you picture Barry Bonds and Manny Ramirez having the same good-guy media image for the game of baseball as those two had?\n5. It's not like McGuire came out of nowhere and started hitting monster number of homreuns.  10 out of 11 seasons where McGuire played 100 games or more, he hit over 30 homers.\n\nAs you can tell, I am a very strong supporter of McGuire going into the hall of fame.  HOWEVER, I don't think he is a first ballot hall of famer, just because of the legends he is facing on the ballot this year.  Ripken and Gwynn are average everyday guys who went to work everyday and worked hard at perfecting their craft.  They became legends while they were playing, not for monster homerun numbers, or huge strikeout numbers,  but for doing the simple things in the game to perfection and showing every   Tom, Dick and Harry out there that if you work hard at what you believe in, you too can acheive greatness.  They were ambassafors to the game every day of their lives.  I am hoping the Hall of Fame voters are smart enough to vote McGuire in on the second ballot.
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Sosa is currently not playing for any team. He could have signed with the Nationals for a one-year 500,000 guaranteed contract, but chose to pass. I think it is because he still believes that he is an All-Star calibur player and should be payed/treated like one. But because of how he played last year, he won't be and he needs to earn that reputation again. For now he is a roider
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THE PLAYER WHO PLAYS FOR THE COUNTRY AND NOT FOR HIMSELF
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i personally think there are a couple of good players eg\nZidane ( my fave)\nD. Beckam ( my bro's idol )\nTerry Henry\nRonaldo \nRonaldinho ( won best 2 years running)\nM. Ballack ( my 2nd fave)\nand of course the legendery one  & only\n\nPELE!!
1096556
yes and no, you have to admit that hes a great player, but he does seem to draw a lot of attention to himself.
98582
yes, he is a great team player. He will be one of the greatest by the end of his career I think.
793015
Its called GOD given. He was just a natural player. Thats why he made it look so easy.