feedproxy.google.com - 6/23/2009
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In the wake of the Sammy Sosa steroid scandal, many people around the majors have been chiming in about what they think regarding this topic. Ryne Sandberg does not approve, and he had this to say :
Appearing on the “Waddle & Silvy” show on ESPN 1000, Sandberg was asked ...
A Cubs Fan's Perspective: Sammy Sosa
americaswhiteboy.blogspot.com 6/19/2009 — I have been a Cubs fan for as long as I've been alive. I am 28 years old and some of the earliest memories involved my dad and I watching afternoon games on WGN. I remember Jody Davis, Leon Durham, Rick Sutcliffe, and Lee Smith all fighting the Chicago summer heat. The times were special and ...
Slamming Sammy Sosa
collegeofidiots.com 6/8/2009 — As you all know, Sammy Sosa announced his retirement last Thursday, much to the surprise of baseball fans (and apparently GM's), who already thought he was retired. Since then, the Cublogosphere has been a buzz about the announcement. Actually, it really hasn't. The sports world itself hasn't ...
Comment and response
hardballtimes.com 6/17/2009 — This morning I wrote a post that, among other things, lauded the legal counsel Sammy Sosa appears to have been given in advance of his Congressional testimony in 2005. I said this:
[Sosa] said "To be clear, I have never taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs." He said "I have never ...
Sandberg on Sosa
hardballtimes.com 6/23/2009 — Ryne Sandberg thinks Sammy Sosa won't make the Hall of Fame and believes that he shouldn't make the Hall of Fame. I agree with the first part and, while my mind isn't 100% made up about it yet, I'm inclined to disagree with the second part. Either way, neither Sandberg's position on that or ...
Report: Sosa worked out with A-Rod’s banned trainer
scoresreport.com 6/17/2009 —
According to a report by the New York Daily News , Sammy Sosa worked out with Alex Rodriguez’s trainer Angel Presinal , who was banned by MLB for his involvement in selling and distributing performance-enhancing drugs.
“He worked with him in 2001, 2002 and 2003 in the Dominican ...
The fraud that is Sammy Sosa
jeffpearlman.com 6/17/2009 — Throughout the 1990s and early-to-mid 2000s, baseball boasted no greater fraud than Sammy Sosa.
If you go back in time, nobody was more beloved by fans than Sammy the Cub. The way he sprinted to the outfield; the way he did that kissie thing after ...
Is Sammy Sosa Hall of Fame worthy?
thesportsbank.net 6/8/2009 —
By Jake McCormick
Sammy Sosa and Brett Favre have more in common than you think. Both road drugs through their highest peaks of success, and enjoyed unanimous admiration by their respective leagues and fans while building themselves into living legends. But in the words of Harvey Dent, ...
NBC Sports - What they're saying about Sammy Sosa
bases.newsvine.com 6/17/2009 — Let's take a quick stroll around the blogosphere to see how others are reacting to the Sosa news: Goat Riders of the Apocalypse : I hated the punk BEFORE he even joined the Cubs. I hated him when the White Sox' GM, Larry Himes (yep, HIM) traded ...
Another One Bites The Dust
baseballreflections.com 6/17/2009 —
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In yesterday’s New York Times, Michael S. Schmidt reported that “ Sammy Sosa …is among the players who tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug in 2003, according to lawyers with knowledge of the drug-testing results ...