Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
February 12, 2006
Sosa Humiliated

Sammy Sosa considers retirement:

"Sammy wants to get to 600 home runs, but he's not willing to humiliate himself to keep playing. He feels that the lack of interest in his services this winter constitutes a humiliation," added the source.

It's always impressive how fast a player can go from sure thing to set a record to an also ran. At the end of 2003, not only did Sosa seem like a lock for 600 home runs, he looked like he would make a serious run at Aaron. Now, not only is Aaron out of the question, Sammy, like his co-competitor Mark McGwire, may be out of baseball with 600 less than a season away.


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Comments

That doesn't sound like Sosa actually being humiliated; it sounds like Sosa using the media to bargain with the Nationals. Who, when they are genuinely feeling humiliated, spreads the word that they're feeling humiliated? Wouldn't that compound it?

I think the short version of this tactic is "I *am* too proud to beg, but I ain't too proud to claim that I ain't too proud to beg"?

Posted by: Chris at February 12, 2006 11:01 PM

Sosa is washed up. IF he wants to continue playing, he will need to do like Piazza and take a HUGE paycut.

Since the cork incident, Sammy really hasn't had much love. Throw in the way the 2004 season ended with "sammy the whiner" being late to the game and leaving 15 minutes later and LYING about it, and Chicago was done with him.

One season of him expecting star treatment in Baltimore and they are done with him.

I don't think ANYONE should have offered him a contract, he should be out begging for a job. Unless he realizes that he can't cut it anymore with the new steroid testing....

Posted by: Kristofer at February 13, 2006 12:25 AM

sosa humiliates himself just fine, w/out any help from a team's contract offers. in just about everything he does and everything he stands for (i.e. using enhancers to improve relative skill and body type). i did not say steroids, b/c we may never know, but the fact remains: one does not go to twig-body-type-singles-hitting-scrapper to monster-bodybuilder-home-run-king from "just working hard."

Posted by: benjah at February 13, 2006 03:30 PM

Humiliate me with an offer for "just" $1 million. Please.

Posted by: rbj at February 13, 2006 03:54 PM

I pray that this washed up bum retires and doesn't come play for my Nationals. My thoughts, in a nut shell, are here: http://journals.aol.com/cmottram04/ShowMeYourBlog/entries/677

Posted by: SBL Chris at February 13, 2006 03:55 PM

I wrote a brief article on this at educatedsports.bl*gspot.com. Sosa will not perform well next year, as I pointed out in my article. He will however bring some type of fanbase--as long as he can keep his act together.

Posted by: stat man at February 13, 2006 04:48 PM

when exactly did Scammin Sammy Sosa become so miserable? What happened to this guy?
Dan Patrick says he's a hall of famer while Kieth Olberman says absolutely not !
I really don't know where I stand with this group of "roid ballers" that played recently...McGwire, Sosa, Palmiero, Belle, etc. etc.

Posted by: leco at February 13, 2006 05:05 PM

I can't exactly pinpoint when Sammy became so unhappy either. He was such a cool guy before--everbody loved smiling Sammy Sosa sprinting out to ivy-clad Wrigley right field. He appears to becoming more and more like the Grinch...

educatedsports.bl*gspot.com

Posted by: stat man at February 13, 2006 05:42 PM

Good riddance. Never liked him.

Posted by: Tan The Man at February 14, 2006 03:37 AM

I think this is a case where he is blatently contradicting himself. He says he wants to play, but only if he gets the $. Then you don't really want to play Sammy. Sorry if the $125mil you got wasn't enough. Sorry those endorsement $ aren't coming in anymore. I'm also sorry you embarassed yourself in front of the Congressional hearing too. You're not bigger than The Game, Sammy. Accept it or hang 'em up.

Posted by: Nate at February 14, 2006 10:45 AM

All of you are idiots... You blame Sammy Sosa for the Cubs 2004 season, when the blame clearly falls on the front office & Dusty Baker. Wouldn't you be pissed if you were clearly gonna make the playoffs, but because this flash in the pan manager won't bunt guys over & can't manufacture runs you don't. If I were Sosa I wouldn't have even showed up for the last game periodl. Then instead of showing Dusty the door, they show Sosa the door. Bottom line: Dusty can't win without homeruns... You take away Barry Bonds & Sammy Sosa and Dusty has just a .500 baseball team.

Posted by: Nolan at February 15, 2006 02:10 PM