Former Dominican major league player Sammy Sosa was one of the most renowned and most popular players in the 2000s. in Major League Baseball, who was remembered for his best years as a member of the Chicago Cubs organization and his friendly war to be number one in the career of most home runs in a season he had with the former Cardinals player of St. Louis, Mark McGwire.
Sosa was once again in the news in the media and on social networks as he visited Chicago once again, the city of his loves and where he spent the best years of his career as an active player and unfortunately ended up leaving through the back door; The Dominican was received by journalists who asked him various questions and several of them made him a little uncomfortable.
Sosa’s return to Chicago
The former outfielder had not appeared publicly in Chicago since the year he left the Cubs team.and it was publicly known that he ended up falling out mainly with the president of the team, Tom Ricketts, so the situation was always tense when talking about the Dominican player in reference to the Cubs and on this occasion the opposite did not happen.
The journalists and media who were present at the hotel where Sammy Sosa is currently stayingthey asked him if he could reconcile with Tom Ricketts, to which the Dominican had the following statements:
Sosa speaks loud and clear
“I am a mature man and I think it is a possibility that we do it. I am open and I have no problem with it,” the Dominican responded.
“We have had several misunderstandings in the past, but now I am a real man. I feel great and I recognize my mistake, so why not,” added the player from San Pedro de Macorís.
The decline of the Dominican’s career
Sosa’s career took a nosedive after he was discovered in the 2003 season. who used a bat with cork, a material totally prohibited for Major League Baseball for which he was singled out and called a cheater and much more. Later, in the 2004 campaign, the player left the Cubs in a game when the season was ending.
Although in the interview it was not specified what the error that Sosa recognized had been, the journalist’s next question was whether said aforementioned error was connected to the use of prohibited substances (steroids) during his career as an active baseball player, something that for Sammy Sosa was not pleasant at all and the Dominican avoided the answer for the journalist by claiming, “it is not a question that I expected from you,” said the former big leaguer.
“This was not an interview in which I was going to sit down with you so that a note comes out now but as I said I am a mature man, I feel great and let’s see what happens,” Sosa concluded in this small meeting with journalists and then left without answering any more questions.
Sammy Sosa and prohibited substances
Sosa’s alleged use of banned substances is an issue on the table of judgments, opinions and others for years and the mystery remains more alive than ever since this issue was never 100% confirmed.
Before having ended the meeting with the media in an awkward way, Sosa confessed that he missed ‘The Windy City’, “I definitely miss being back here. Seeing people and spending time here, more time here I think would be great,” he noted.
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