Sammy Sosa
Sammy Sosa
Samuel Kelvin "Sammy" Peralta Sosais a retired Dominican professional baseball right fielder. Sosa played with four Major League Baseball teams over his career, which spanned from 1989 to 2007. Sosa's Major League career began with the Texas Rangers in 1989. After three seasons with the Chicago White Sox, Sosa became a member of the Chicago Cubs in 1992 and became one of the league's best hitters. Sosa hit his 400th home run in his 1,354th game and his 5,273rd at-bat,...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth12 November 1968
hiding knowing people talking
People were talking (stuff), knowing nothing. They don't know I feel. Why am I going to be hiding from Chicago? For what? That I'm scared? Never.
thank
I want to thank you all for making the signs,
books-and-reading happy means name record
I'm real happy my name is in the record book, but it means nothing because we lost.
hit
A hit is a hit, ... any time.
sports years enjoy
You have to enjoy it. It is not going to happen every year, so this is the year that it is happening and we have got to go out there and enjoy it.
fun tired years
Mark McGwire is thirty-four years old. I'm twenty-nine. He's probably a little bit tired and I'm just having some fun.
hero
He (Roberto Clemente) is a hero to me.
nice swinging-for-the-fences swings
I've always swung the same way. The difference is when I swing and miss, people say, 'He's swinging for the fences.' But when I swing and make contact people say, 'That's a nice swing.' But there's no difference, it's the same swing.
cheer people hey
It's going to be unbelievable, you know. There's going to be a lot of people cheering for Mark McGwire and me. And, hey, we'll see how it goes.
american-poet home
My situation is different from Mark's. I'm not looking for home runs, I'm looking for the playoffs.
states united
I have not broken the laws of the United States or the laws of the Dominican Republic.
american-poet
I can't do it every day. They're not going to give me much to hit right now. They're pitching me real well. If I get there, fine.
american-poet record
I'm not keeping track, but the record is there for someone to break.
It's always an honor to represent your country.