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Did Sosa Alter Jerseys To Make Arms Look Bigger?
Did Sosa Alter Jerseys To Make Arms Look Bigger?
Posted By: Darren Rovell Former baseball slugger Sammy Sosa didn’t just get bigger over the years, he also might have wanted to show his fans how big he was getting. Read More Topics: Consumers | Marketing | Advertising | Sports MEDIA: PHOTO  ...
New Sosa steroid talk leaves Baker tongue-tied
New Sosa steroid talk leaves Baker tongue-tied
chicagotribune.com — CINCINNATI -- Dusty Baker, who once managed alleged steroid users Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa, says he... wonders what to tell his 10-year-old son. (more) New Sosa steroid talk leaves Baker tongue-tied
The Curious Case of Journalists Perpetuating “Pathetic” and “Ridiculous” Steroid Speculation
The Curious Case of Journalists Perpetuating “Pathetic” and “Ridiculous” Steroid Speculation
midwestsportsfans.com — I don’t really know the best way to introduce the source material that I am about to... comment on, so I’ll just copy/paste an excerpt and let it speak for itself before adding my own thoughts: From a recent article by Jerry Crowe of the ... (more) The Curious Case of Journalists Perpetuating “Pathetic” ...
After Sosa, when will it end? - The Boston Globe
boston.com — Of course, I don’t really believe that everyone was using PEDs (I’m including human growth hormone, HGH,... for the sake of this discussion). I mean, even David Eckstein has hit a home run every now and then. But we know that many people were, and that ... (more) After Sosa, when will it end? - The Boston Globe
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Was Sammy Sosa Crying Out for Steroid-Related Help?
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog — ... People — generally out of fear or desperation — will make subconscious decisions designed as a “cry for help” to others. You’ve seen your uncle show up drunk at the family reunion (drinking problem, obvs), you’ve seen one of your buddy’s wives get pregnant too early (innate hatred of ‘working,’ clearly) and now you’ve seen Sammy Sosa — via Darren Rovell at SportsBiz and ...

Sosa Wanted To Show The Guns
FanHouse — ... I mean, you didn't need to look past those bulging biceps peeping out of Sosa's jersey to become suspicious of where he got them. Of course as it turns out Sosa didn't really care because he wanted you to see those guns of his. He even had his jerseys altered to do just that. ...

Is Sosa “Enhancing” His Arms? And Other Sammy News
Not Qualified To Comment — ... Another weird, weird, weird story about Sosa has surfaced as well.  Apparently he not only wanted to hit the ball better, but wanted people to know how strong he looked as well. ...

Our Tuesday Linkage
Fang's Bites — ... his Friday posts. Now, David has bigger fish to fry and he's taking the opportunity to leave while the iron is hot. I'll definitely miss David and I hope to have him here when the book with Calipari is published. So David writes his farewell to his loyal readers and tells us what he was hoping to accomplish with his blog. I hope to have an announcement on whom will take David's place at BSMW down the road. CNBC's Darren Rovell wonders if steroids user Sammy Sosa altered his Cubs jersey to make his arms look bigger. Joe Favorito likes one particular ...

Sammy Sosa Did WHAT? - Cubs vs. Tigers Preview, Tuesday 6/23, 6:05 CT
Bleed Cubbie Blue — ... This has nothing to do with tonight's game, but CNBC's website today posted this article about Sammy Sosa supposedly altering his jerseys so he'd look bigger: ...

Dropping Links: Wednesday, June 24th
tonyblogs.net - Sports news, humor, videos and prognostications. — ... NEWS Phil Jackson may let Kurt Rambis coach some road games next year |ESPN.com| Manny Ramirez hitless in AAA rehab start, fans still cheer |FOX Sports.com| Texas evens College World Series final against LSU at 1-1 |SI.com| BLOGS Aaron Shutway's amazing flipping overhand shot (video) |The Scores Report| Did Sammy Sosa alter his jerseys to make his arms look bigger? |Sports Biz| ...

Tangled Webb
Fantasy Baseball Blog at Razzball.com — ... Sammy Sosa – Claims are surfacing that he altered his jersey to make his arms look bigger.  It was only after team officials convinced him that he shouldn’t leave on the rubber tie-offs that he put on his arms pre-injection.  “But they make me look like The Ultimate Warrior!” ...

Daily Dump: Vince Young Booed At Charity Softball Game, Sosa Altered Jersey For Gun Show?, Golf Or Sex?, Durant’s Mom On Twitter, Sweet Asses And NBC Boob Shot
Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football — ... updates and maybe even work in a few Twitpics just because that term sounds cool. LINKS! mail@bustedcoverage.com Today’s Dump: We missed this & it’s funny: Vince Young booed at Jeff Fisher charity softball game [ StylePoints ] In case you missed it: Joanna Krupa goes off on T.O. [ The Daily Fix ] Speaking of supermodels, we have to keep reminding ourselves that Marko hits this [ The Beaver Pond ] Rovell: Did Sosa alter jersey to make gun boats look giant? [ CNBC-SportsBiz ] Golf or sex euphemisms? You make the call [ Splog ] Do we really need ...

Duck Season
Uni Watch — ... . He seemed a bit disappointed when I told him I’d written about that many times over the years. I also don’t agree with his analysis that Sosa was trying to make his biceps look bigger, but hey, that’s just me. … Anyone know what logo is on ...

Speed Read: How To Get A DUI At 5 Miles Per Hour
SPORTSbyBROOKS — ... . Personally, I think so many guys were ‘roiding it up that the now-sullied stars of the era were still the best players of their generation even if they were artificially enhanced (and pitchers were doing it too). So I’d probably be OK with guys like McGwire, Bonds, and Sosa getting into the Hall someday. But I might be changing my mind on Sosa now that Darren Rovell has discovered that Sammy had his jersey sleeves tapered so that his arms would look bigger: ...

Is Sosa “Enhancing” His Arms? And Other Sammy News
Not Qualified To Comment — ... Another weird, weird, weird story about Sosa has surfaced as well.  Apparently he not only wanted to hit the ball better, but wanted people to know how strong he looked as well. ...

Sosa Wasn’t Exactly Sneaky
Bootlegger Sports- Sports Humor Blog — ... Sadly, Sammy wasn’t exactly born to be the mastermind behind any dubious schemes.  While saucing it up and growing King Kongishs arms, Sosa decided to draw even more attention to the fact that he got more swole than an asthmatic kid in a bee attack by shortening his sleeves and adding elastic bands to the ends of them.  He did this while with the Cubs, well before the rumors began flying, but continued the practice long after, and into his tenure with the Orioles. ...

Sosa Wasn’t Exactly Sneaky
Bootlegger Sports- Sports Humor Blog — ... Sadly, Sammy wasn’t exactly born to be the mastermind behind any dubious schemes.  While saucing it up and growing King Kongishs arms, Sosa decided to draw even more attention to the fact that he got more swole than an asthmatic kid in a bee attack by shortening his sleeves and adding elastic bands to the ends of them.  He did this while with the Cubs, well before the rumors began flying, but continued the practice long after, and into his tenure with the Orioles. ...

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Sammy Sosa Had Guns, and Wanted You to Know About It
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Former Chicago Cubs star Ryne Sandberg says Sammy Sosa doesn't belong in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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