samclemens Posted February 11, 2006 Share Posted February 11, 2006 if that steroid user reaches 600, it will be such a shame that i will cry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2328640 Source: Sosa seriously considering retirement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Smart decision if he does retire instead of play for the Nationals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 He'll have a hard time staying over the Mendoza line if he signs with a team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitetrain8601 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 "Sammy doesn't think of himself as someone who has to beg for a spot on a big league roster," said the source." In other words, he doesn't want to earn anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 8, 2006 -> 09:39 AM) I don't have one iota of sympathy for him. He could have been a great baseball player. Instead, he settled on being a slugger with selfish attitude. I don't really care what happens to him this year. In baseball or not ... he's not worth my attention. His homerun race didn't even register a blimp on my radar. I always thought those two were on something. Now I'm convinced. He'll probably wind up in the HoF, but I wish they had a special place for guys like him. I don't take pleasure in watching him crash and burn, but I'm with YASNY, I have no sympathy at all. Sosa.rum.cork.juice He'll play somewhere, hit 12 or 13 home runs and retire. He's got too big an ego not to go for 600, no matter how many ABs it takes. If he retires, some team will sign him at the deadline, hoping for some punch in a lineup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phuck the Cubs Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 I still find it funny that he's the only player to have 3 60-HR seasons (whether he was clean or not) and only win the HR title 2 years when he hit 50 and 49. I'm still convenced that he was on the juice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodAsGould Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 yeah I wont lie I was what 13-14 when that HR race went on cant remember 19 now so it was really exciting for me to watch even though I was a sox fan just not die-hard like I am now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Sad. And not because Sammy Sosa was ever anywhere close to a favorite player of mine--the best opinion I had of him was when he played for the Sox--undisciplined but a ton of talent. But he was a kid then, and so was I. I was only 12 when he was traded for George Bell, and I kind of didn't get it because, well, I was only 12. He's in denial about his depreciation, not an enviable place for the human spirit. Then again, I am uncompelled to empathize. Spending one's prime using one's talents not for the betterment of the team but for himself isn't the greatest exercise of self-preservation, to say the least. And now what's probably best is if he lets the sun set on his career if he doesn't want to take a gift contract from the Nationals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 I wish Sosa would sign with the Nationals. He wouldn't do much in that park, unless he found some more vitamins, and you know Frank Robinson will get in his face. It would be pretty entertaining watching that show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSH2005 Posted February 13, 2006 Author Share Posted February 13, 2006 (edited) He'll have a hard time staying over the Mendoza line if he signs with a team. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I wish Sosa would sign with the Nationals. He wouldn't do much in that park, unless he found some more vitamins, and you know Frank Robinson will get in his face. It would be pretty entertaining watching that show. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yep... Sosa - steroids + RFK Stadium = disaster Borchard would probably hit more homers in that park than Sosa. Maybe KW can work another fleecing of Bowden. Bowden likes those toolsy players. Maybe KW can pull another Alex Escobar for Jerry Owens type trade using Borchard this time. Edited February 13, 2006 by SSH2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santo=dorf Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Feb 13, 2006 -> 09:14 AM) I wish Sosa would sign with the Nationals. He wouldn't do much in that park, unless he found some more vitamins, and you know Frank Robinson will get in his face. It would be pretty entertaining watching that show. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My thoughts as well. I would love to see Robinson's reaction the first time Sosa hopped after flying out deep in RFK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Feb 13, 2006 -> 07:21 AM) Yep... Sosa - steroids + RFK Stadium = disaster Borchard would probably hit more homers in that park than Sosa. Maybe KW can work another fleecing of Bowden. Bowden likes those toolsy players. Maybe KW can pull another Alex Escobar for Jerry Owens type trade using Borchard this time. Borchard would probably hit more home runs in RFK than Sosa would in Coors field without Sosa having his special vitamins which prevent him from speaking English in front of Congress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CluelessJoe1919 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Isn't it amazing how quickly the "roid" boys (McGwire, Sosa) have fallen? Who's next, Bonds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjm676 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Feb 8, 2006 -> 10:55 AM) And if it's the Indians...once again will we hear people saying how this signing might put them over the top in the AL Central, like we did last year? A better question for Juan Gone would be, if he gets signed, could he make it to 1B without pulling a hamstring? As for Sammy, you will not be missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jordan4life_2007 Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Feb 14, 2006 -> 10:51 PM) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phuck the Cubs Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSH2005 Posted February 15, 2006 Author Share Posted February 15, 2006 The Nationals don't even think that Sosa is worth as much as what Timo earned last season... Sosa rejects Nationals' offer Slugger turns down one-year, $500,000 non-guaranteed deal http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/NASApp...t=.jsp&c_id=was WASHINGTON -- Outfielder Sammy Sosa has rejected the one-year, $500,000 non-guaranteed Major League offer from the Nationals, according to general manager Jim Bowden in an e-mail to MLB.com. Sosa wanted at least $1 million to sign with the team, but Bowden was not willing to increase the offer. The Nationals originally had offered Sosa a Minor League deal with an invitation to Spring Training. "We respect Sammy and what he has accomplished in the game," Bowden said. "We wish him well and hope that he is able to come back and perform like he did a couple of years ago. As long as he is not in our division, we'll be rooting for him to win Comeback Player of the Year." A source familiar with the negotiations said if Sosa was offered a deal similar to Frank Thomas, who received a $500,000 guaranteed contract with incentives from the Athletics, he would have taken the deal. But the think tank in the Nationals' front office was very concerned about Sosa's eroding skills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phuck the Cubs Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 The Nationals don't even think that Sosa is worth as much as what Timo earned last season... Sosa rejects Nationals' offer Slugger turns down one-year, $500,000 non-guaranteed deal http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/NASApp...t=.jsp&c_id=was <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Nothing but greed on So-So's part. He made 70M with that ridiculaus contract the sCrUBS gave him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 The thread title should read: Sosa Seriously Considering The Fact That NO ONE Thinks He Can Play Any More The End is near. Soon Sosa's only "house" will be.....his house.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 QUOTE(The Critic @ Feb 15, 2006 -> 02:30 PM) Soon Sosa's only "house" will be.....his house.... With all the money the Cubs gave him, I bet he has more than one. The syringes can't have been that expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDudeAbides Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Look at the guy's face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSH2005 Posted February 15, 2006 Author Share Posted February 15, 2006 (edited) Nothing but greed on So-So's part. He made 70M with that ridiculaus contract the sCrUBS gave him. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> $123,568,000 over his entire career according to Baseball-Reference.com. That's not including endorsements. Edited February 15, 2006 by SSH2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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