Saturday, October 30, 2004
SAMMY SO-SO
Typical
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -- Sammy Sosa was humiliated by being dropped to sixth in the Chicago Cubs lineup, and claims he was mistreated by the club.
When he struggled down the stretch of the season, Cubs manager Dusty Baker lowered the slugger in the batting order -- much to Sosa's dismay.
"I'm not a sixth batter,'' Sosa told Hoy newspaper in Santo Domingo on Saturday upon returning to his native Dominican Republic. ``I'm a cleanup hitter or third because I've earned that right with almost 600 career home runs."
---Humiliated? I wish Sammy Sosa would ask the Cubs fans about humiliation. I'm sure the Cubs fans can tell him a thing or two about humiliation. Or how about Sosa's own countrymen, who would give anything to play in the big leagues.
Sosa arrived late to the finale at Wrigley Field and then left the game early without playing. The Cubs fined him $87,500 -- one day's salary -- because of his actions.
"I know I screwed up and I can assure you that I've asked for forgiveness," Sosa told the newspaper. "But I also need to say that I felt poorly treated.
"So many things happened that I was in shock. I needed to rest that day because I wasn't going to be able to give it my best."
---What a load of crap.
After October 3, Sosa would have a 4-plus month vacation from baseball. You mean to tell me he couldn't suck it up to play just one game, that one game being on the final day of the season? So what if the Cubs had been eliminated from playoff contention the day before. Sosa owed it to the fans to play on the final day of the season. If I were a Cubs fan, I know damn well I wouldn't buy another Sosa souvenir. He's a primadonna, plain and simple.
The former All-Star has hit 574 home runs during 16 major league seasons, and Sosa says he plans to play into his 40s.
"I'm going to play at least another five or six seasons, hitting 35 home runs a year," he said. "That would allow me to finish my career with 700 home runs."
--Notice that Sosa didn't say anything about wanting to win a World Series. That would involve being a team player, something Sosa has never been. This is why people rooted for Mark McGwire in 1998, not Sosa.
The Chicago Cubs haven't won the World Series since 1908 for a reason. They have had players like Sosa who don't care about winning. Winning isn't very very good to Sosa. Is baseball still very very good to Sosa? Yeah, as long as he isn't "humiliated".
Shut the f**k up, Sammy.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -- Sammy Sosa was humiliated by being dropped to sixth in the Chicago Cubs lineup, and claims he was mistreated by the club.
When he struggled down the stretch of the season, Cubs manager Dusty Baker lowered the slugger in the batting order -- much to Sosa's dismay.
"I'm not a sixth batter,'' Sosa told Hoy newspaper in Santo Domingo on Saturday upon returning to his native Dominican Republic. ``I'm a cleanup hitter or third because I've earned that right with almost 600 career home runs."
---Humiliated? I wish Sammy Sosa would ask the Cubs fans about humiliation. I'm sure the Cubs fans can tell him a thing or two about humiliation. Or how about Sosa's own countrymen, who would give anything to play in the big leagues.
Sosa arrived late to the finale at Wrigley Field and then left the game early without playing. The Cubs fined him $87,500 -- one day's salary -- because of his actions.
"I know I screwed up and I can assure you that I've asked for forgiveness," Sosa told the newspaper. "But I also need to say that I felt poorly treated.
"So many things happened that I was in shock. I needed to rest that day because I wasn't going to be able to give it my best."
---What a load of crap.
After October 3, Sosa would have a 4-plus month vacation from baseball. You mean to tell me he couldn't suck it up to play just one game, that one game being on the final day of the season? So what if the Cubs had been eliminated from playoff contention the day before. Sosa owed it to the fans to play on the final day of the season. If I were a Cubs fan, I know damn well I wouldn't buy another Sosa souvenir. He's a primadonna, plain and simple.
The former All-Star has hit 574 home runs during 16 major league seasons, and Sosa says he plans to play into his 40s.
"I'm going to play at least another five or six seasons, hitting 35 home runs a year," he said. "That would allow me to finish my career with 700 home runs."
--Notice that Sosa didn't say anything about wanting to win a World Series. That would involve being a team player, something Sosa has never been. This is why people rooted for Mark McGwire in 1998, not Sosa.
The Chicago Cubs haven't won the World Series since 1908 for a reason. They have had players like Sosa who don't care about winning. Winning isn't very very good to Sosa. Is baseball still very very good to Sosa? Yeah, as long as he isn't "humiliated".
Shut the f**k up, Sammy.
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