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Sammy Sosa: 500 homers and beyond: Cubs outfielder has grown from a raw prospect into one of the game's most prolific sluggers.
DREAM BIG. YOU MIGHT MAKE YOUR wildest one come true. Sammy Sosa provides living proof. On April 4 at Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park, the kid who once quit school to help support his mother and six siblings by selling oranges and giving what he bragged were "the best shoeshines in the Dominican Republic," officially added his name to a list of baseball greats.
Lining a 1-2 fastball from Reds reliever Scott Sullivan into the fight-field bleachers in the seventh inning, Sosa delivered the 500th run of his career.
The Cubs' icon became the 18th major to reach that plateau. More significantly, he is the first Latin American to reach a milestone that ...
- Baseball: Sosa homers twice in victory.
- News wire article from: Sports Network August 23, 2003 700+ words
...Arizona Diamondbacks. Sosa has now hit 30-plus homers in nine consecutive seasons...streak in major 30-plus homers in nine consecutive seasons...history. league history. Sosa's second homer of the...has a team-record 512 homers. He belted a two-run...
- Dunston, Sosa Homers Send Cubs Soaring to 4-0 Start
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times TONI GINNETTI April 30, 1995 700+ words
...hit a home run." But first Sosa (3-for-3) delivered a...I'll take 3-for-3," Sosa said after failing to get a...every day to get ready," said Sosa, team leader at .438 with two homers and four RBI. "That's the...
- Cubs' Streak Alive at Five // Sosa Homers Twice, Buechele Once To Outslug Giants
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Barry Cronin May 22, 1994 700+ words
...ninth after Dave Otto gave up a couple of homers. Giants starter Bryan Hickerson (2...two each for Cubs center fielder Sammy Sosa and Giants third baseman Matt Williams...three more runs to take an 8-2 lead. Sosa led off with a 438-foot homer onto Waveland...
- Sosa homers in Rangers' 5-0 win.
- Newspaper article from: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX) March 5, 2007 700+ words
...plate. Yep, at least for a moment, the Sammy Sosa of old was in the house Sunday. Sosa hit the first homer of his comeback attempt with...mph fastball over the inner half of the plate. Sosa turned on it and drove it into the Royals' bullpen...
- Sosa homers to help Cubs beat Diamondbacks, 2-1.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) August 3, 2003 700+ words
...three hits over eight innings, and Sammy Sosa dropping his 24th home run into the left...heat' coming up the next inning." Sosa's blow came after Brenly opted to lift...with one out and Kenny Lofton at second. Sosa had hit the ball hard in three at bats...
- Forget cork, Wood plenty for Cubs as Sosa homers.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) June 19, 2003 700+ words
...help from his friends. On the night Sammy Sosa returned from his seven-game suspension...a corked bat, Wood finally got some. Sosa's two-run homer launched Wood and the...single broke a scoreless tie in the fifth, Sosa grabbed a 2-0 fastball from Jimmy Haynes...
- Baseball: Sosa homers twice as Cubs topple Dodgers.
- News wire article from: Sports Network August 10, 2003 700+ words
...The Sports Network via COMTEX) Sammy Sosa homered twice and Mark Prior outdueled...for Prior and the third of his career. Sosa had three hits and drove in all three Chicago...run lead in the first on the strength of Sosa's 27th homer of the season. Lofton led...
- Baseball: Sosa homers in return to lineup.
- News wire article from: Sports Network September 2, 2002 700+ words
...Sports Network) - Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa returned to the lineup for Chicago's...place on the all-time home run list. Sosa belted the 494th homer of his career as...nine games with back and neck injuries. Sosa also drove in two runs and now needs just...