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BETTER THAN EVER.(Sammy Sosa)(Interview)
Sammy Sosa Cubs' Star Focuses on Team Play
Slugger has stepped up his performance in an attempt to help bring back a winning tradition to Chicago's north side
SAMMY SOSA WOULDN'T RECOGNIZE himself if he could turn back the clock to a year ago. He went to Atlanta and the 2000 All-Star Game with a burning anger before the midsummer classic.
Sosa likes to joke with friends that there is a good Sammy and a bad Sammy. His evil twin was on the rampage in July 2000, flailing at perceived injustices.
"I went to the All-Star Game last year with a lot of anger inside myself," Sosa said. "I heard something that deep inside really bothered me."
Whether it was one voice or a chorus of rejections doesn't matter now. He won't specify, because his days of rage have burned out. What Sosa heard and felt simply was that he wasn't wanted or needed in Chicago. That shook him to his core.
In June 2000, when trade talks between the Cubs and New York Yankees intensified, Sosa accepted that he was going to become a Yankee. He was already considering the Cubs as part of his past and anticipating that another turn in his career was forth-coming.
- Chicagoland Starbucks Go to Bat for Sammy Sosa Foundation.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 18, 1998 700+ words
...This weekend, saying "thanks" to Sammy Sosa and helping underprivileged kids...Starbucks location in Chicagoland. The Sammy Sosa Foundation is teaming up with Starbucks...Venti" sized blended beverage to the Sammy Sosa Foundation. All 106 Starbucks Chicagoland...
- Sullied by corked-bat scandal, Sammy Sosa is no less lovable.(Knight Ridder...
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Baxter, Kevin June 7, 2003 700+ words
...behind closed doors, has convicted Sammy Sosa of the heinous crime of using a doctored...innards, we also got a look inside Sammy Sosa as well. What we found was a flawed...ago, the Pembroke Pines-based Sammy Sosa Foundation was the target of a state...
- Sullied by corked-bat scandal, Sammy Sosa is no less lovable.
- News wire article from: Miami Herald (Miami, FL) June 7, 2003 700+ words
...behind closed doors, has convicted Sammy Sosa of the heinous crime of using a doctored...innards, we also got a look inside Sammy Sosa as well. What we found was a flawed...ago, the Pembroke Pines-based Sammy Sosa Foundation was the target of a state...
- Sammy Sosa arrives on time for a change, ready to reinvent himself.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) February 19, 2003 700+ words
...Sullivan MESA, Ariz. _ Timing is everything, as Sammy Sosa seems intent on proving at the outset of the Dusty...his favorites while burning candles. Baker wants Sammy Sosa to be Sammy Sosa, and what would Sosa be without his music. "Really...
- Sammy Sosa arrives on time for a change, ready to reinvent himself.(Chicago...
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Sullivan, Paul February 19, 2003 700+ words
...Sullivan MESA, Ariz. _ Timing is everything, as Sammy Sosa seems intent on proving at the outset of the Dusty...his favorites while burning candles. Baker wants Sammy Sosa to be Sammy Sosa, and what would Sosa be without his music. "Really...
- Sammy Sosa Hits 'Home' Run for Habitat for Humanity.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 28, 2000 700+ words
...going ... gone!" You can count on Sammy Sosa, home run slugger and four-time...aluminum industry is distributing the Sammy Sosa "Make Every Can Count!" spot in...for Habitat for Humanity. I'm Sammy Sosa and I recycle aluminum cans in my...
- Facts are being obscured in Sammy Sosa Matter.(Chicago Tribune)
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Morrissey, Rick June 5, 2003 700+ words
...Morrissey CHICAGO _ Three days after Sammy Sosa was uncorked and otherwise decanted...s transgressions. This is about Sammy Sosa, even if there has been a public...possible, let's keep our eye on Sammy Sosa. Try not to wander. ___ Visit...
- Facts are being obscured in Sammy Sosa Matter.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) June 6, 2003 700+ words
...Morrissey CHICAGO _ Three days after Sammy Sosa was uncorked and otherwise decanted...s transgressions. This is about Sammy Sosa, even if there has been a public...possible, let's keep our eye on Sammy Sosa. Try not to wander. ___ (c...
- Sammy Sosa appears to be a changed man.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) March 29, 2007 700+ words
...love-with-life hops that were Sammy Sosa's trademark when he was the toast...with his work ethic. I know what Sammy Sosa can do, and that's all I care...thing. He's starting to believe in Sammy Sosa. That's what matters." When...
- All-new Sammy Sosa is slimmer, quicker, better.(Chicago Tribune)
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Morrissey, Rick June 22, 2001 700+ words
CHICAGO _ Something about Sammy Sosa looks different these days, but...sleeves to show off his gunboats. Sammy Sosa, Chicago Cubs star and budding Mr...bad, Sammy. The total makeover of Sammy Sosa_the new body, the new game, the...
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