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    Consuelo". Sosa: An Autobiography, Sammy Sosa and Marcos Bretón, Time Warner, 2000, p. 23 Sosa, Sammy; Bretón, Marcos, eds. (2008). Sosa: An Autobiography...
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    Sammy Sosa was born on 12 November 1968 in San Pedro de Macorís. Sosa was a slugger and had his best years while he played for the Chicago Cubs. Sosa...
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  • Banks 1959 – Ernie Banks 1984 – Ryne Sandberg 1987 – Andre Dawson 1998 – Sammy Sosa 2016 – Kris Bryant 1971 – Ferguson Jenkins 1979 – Bruce Sutter 1984 –...
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    season. On June 20, 2007, Sammy Sosa became the fifth member of the 600 homer club. A long-time member of the Chicago Cubs, Sosa hit his milestone against...
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    (696), Willie Mays (660), Ken Griffey Jr. (630), Jim Thome (612), and Sammy Sosa (609) are the only other players to have hit 600 or more. Giancarlo Stanton...
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  • break Maris' record. In June, the chase was joined by the Chicago Cubs' Sammy Sosa, who broke the decades-old record of Rudy York for most home runs in a...
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    Baseball's (MLB) 1998 season, Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals and Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs pursued the league's long-standing and highly coveted...
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  • Sammy Sosa Softball Slam is a baseball video game developed and published by The 3DO Company in 2000. It is one of the games to feature then-Chicago Cubs...
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    playing career. With the Cardinals in 1998, McGwire joined Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa in a chase for the single-season home-run record set by Roger Maris in...
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    He remained the only player to accomplish this until Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa matched his feat in 1999 and 2001, respectively. In doing so, they became...
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    and broke several major stories about doping in baseball including that Sammy Sosa, David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez had tested positive for performance-enhancing...
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    season. Maris' mark was broken 37 years later by both Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa during the 1998 home run record chase, with McGwire ultimately setting...
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    and steal 15-plus bases in a single season, joining Babe Ruth (1921), Sammy Sosa (1998), and Ken Griffey Jr. (1997–98) on the all-time list. On September...
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    he hit 50 to finish 4th in the major leagues behind Ken Griffey Jr., Sammy Sosa, and Mark McGwire, who set the home run record that season. In 1999, he...
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    passing the marks in 2007 and 2009, respectively. He is also tied with Sammy Sosa for the most National League 140 RBI seasons at three and the most National...
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    moved him into a tie with former outfielder Sammy Sosa for fifth place in career home runs. He surpassed Sosa on September 23, with one off Minnesota's...
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    Uruguayan footballer Sammy Sosa (born 1968), Dominican baseball player Santiago Sosa (born 1999), Argentine footballer Sebastián Sosa (born 1986), Uruguayan...
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    strikeouts by a batter with 2,597. Jim Thome (2,548), Adam Dunn (2,379), Sammy Sosa (2,306), Alex Rodriguez (2,287), Miguel Cabrera (2,105), and Andrés Galarraga...
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  • Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball 2001 is a video game released in 2000, and is the third game in the High Heat Major League Baseball video game series. It...
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    version of SportsCenter, e.g. the highlights of the Home Run Derby with Sammy Sosa. He has also narrated ESPN Latin America's retransmissions of the NBA...
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    Five players – Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, Willie Mays, Alex Rodriguez and Sammy Sosa – are also members of the 500 home run club, and Aaron, Mays and Rodriguez...
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  • However, the player that competed for the record with McGwire in 1998 was Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs, who propelled himself into the race with a record-setting...
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  • Chicago Cubs (1991–1994). Himes is likely best known for trading for Sammy Sosa during each tenure as GM. Prior to becoming a general manager, he was...
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    out in Game 2). The first winners of the award were Manny Ramirez and Sammy Sosa in 1999, while the most recent winners are Shohei Ohtani and Ronald Acuña...
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  • long-distance runner Sammy Solís (born 1988), American professional baseball player Sammy Sosa (born 1968), Dominican baseball player Sammy Stewart (1954–2018)...
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    against the Texas Rangers on April 18, 2007, surrendering just one walk to Sammy Sosa who was then picked off at first base. Two seasons later, Buehrle pitched...
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    Sheffield and Sammy Sosa—have not been elected to the Hall. Bonds is one of only four members in the 700 home run club and Rodriguez and Sosa are members...
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    Cubs traded superstar Sammy Sosa after he had left the season's final game after the first pitch, which resulted in a fine (Sosa later stated that he had...
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    Sammy Sosa Giancarlo Stanton Jim Thome Greg Vaughn Hack Wilson 60 home run club Barry Bonds Aaron Judge Roger Maris Mark McGwire Babe Ruth Sammy Sosa...
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    Braves. The season also saw Sammy Sosa, along with Mark McGwire, surpass the existing single-season home run record of 61. Sosa would hold the home run lead...
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