Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Chicago Cubs’ Sammy Sosa connects for a three-run home run in the ...
CHICAGO — (AP) — Sammy Sosa jogged onto the stage, carrying an American flag. The crowd cheered wildly. It was just like old times — only Sosa was dressed in a suit, and the scene occurred ...
Sammy Sosa hit 66 home runs in 1998. Eileen Blass/Eileen Blass / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images CHICAGO — Sammy Sosa jogged onto the stage, carrying an American flag. The crowd cheered wildly. It ...
Sosa rose to prominence with the Cubs after he was acquired in a March 1992 trade with the crosstown White Sox for George Bell. Nicknamed Slammin' Sammy, he hit a franchise-record 545 homers and ...
Sosa finished his big league career with a .273 batting average and 609 homers — currently ninth on the career list. He also had 1,667 RBIs and 234 stolen bases in 18 seasons from 1989 to 2007.