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 ...

Is Sosa “Enhancing” His Arms? And Other Sammy News
feedproxy.google.com 6/23/2009 — 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 ...

Is Sosa “Enhancing” His Arms? And Other Sammy News
notqualifiedtocomment.com 6/24/2009 — 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 ...

Sammy Sosa Had Guns, and Wanted You to Know About It
bleachernation.com 6/25/2009 — Hey, if I were pumping my body full of ultimately harmful steroids just so that I could be a beast physically in the short term, I’d want to show it off, too. It turns out Sosa had his jerseys tapered around his arms for a period of years. A study of photo archives suggests Sosa’s ...

Did Sosa Alter Jerseys To Make Arms Look Bigger?
cnbc.com 6/23/2009 — 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 |  ...

Something about Sosa and Steroids
puristbleedspinstripes.com 6/17/2009 — Yesterday, the news broke that former Chicago Cubs star Sammy Sosa had tested positive for steroids or some other sort of PED in 2003. Like many, I shrugged and moved on. There was (and possibly still is) a time when such news would be shattering, with the potential to devastate the sport, but ...

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, ...

Another One Bites The Dust
baseballreflections.com 6/17/2009 — Image by Getty Images via Daylife 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 ...

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 ...

Sosa joins the Gotcha Gang — SFGate: Top Sports Stories 6/17/2009
Until Tuesday, Sammy Sosa never had what Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro, Alex Rodriguez, Manny Ramirez and Gary Sheffield had. A paper trail. The other members of the 500-homers club were linked to performance-enhancing drugs by failed ...

The Cooperstown Juice Bar — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/17/2009
Do alleged steroid users belong in Cooperstown? The question continues to be debated ad nauseam across radio airwaves, television signals, and all manner of Internet connections, and will continue to be, even after any resolution is found. But ...

Baseball's Latest Black Eye Brings a Tear to Mine — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/17/2009
At some point during the last five years, I convinced myself that I didn't really care about the sport I had grown up with. I remember first reading "Game of Shadows" and being utterly indignant that Barry Bonds cheated his way past Hank Aaron's ...

Sosa report holds no surprises — USATODAY.com MLB - Top Stories 6/17/2009
The news of Sammy Sosa's positive drug test Tuesday was not met with anger or disbelief, but a yawn.

The Fraud That Is Sammy Sosa — Bleacher Report - MLB 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 ...