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    Consuelo". Sosa: An Autobiography, Sammy Sosa and Marcos Bretón, Time Warner, 2000, p. 23 Sosa, Sammy; Bretón, Marcos, eds. (2008). Sosa: An Autobiography...
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    1954.) On June 20, 2007, Sammy Sosa became the fifth member of the 600 homer club. A long-time member of the Chicago Cubs, Sosa hit his milestone against...
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    Sammy Sosa was born on 12 November 1968 in San Pedro de Macorís. Sosa was a slugger and had his best years while he played for the Chicago Cubs. Sosa...
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    (696), Willie Mays (660), Ken Griffey Jr. (630), Jim Thome (612), and Sammy Sosa (609) are the only other players to have hit 600 or more. Giancarlo Stanton...
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  • break Maris' record. In June, the chase was joined by the Chicago Cubs' Sammy Sosa, who broke the decades-old record of Rudy York for most home runs in a...
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    Baseball's (MLB) 1998 season, Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals and Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs pursued the league's long-standing and highly coveted...
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  • Sammy Sosa Softball Slam is a baseball video game developed and published by The 3DO Company in 2000. It is one of the games to feature then-Chicago Cubs...
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    playing career. With the Cardinals in 1998, McGwire joined Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa in a chase for the single-season home-run record set by Roger Maris in...
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  • Banks 1959 – Ernie Banks 1984 – Ryne Sandberg 1987 – Andre Dawson 1998 – Sammy Sosa 2016 – Kris Bryant 1971 – Ferguson Jenkins 1979 – Bruce Sutter 1984 –...
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    and broke several major stories about doping in baseball including that Sammy Sosa, David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez had tested positive for performance-enhancing...
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    moved him into a tie with former outfielder Sammy Sosa for fifth place in career home runs. He surpassed Sosa on September 23, with one off Minnesota's...
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    He remained the only player to accomplish this until Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa matched his feat in 1999 and 2001, respectively. In doing so, they became...
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    Uruguayan footballer Sammy Sosa (born 1968), Dominican baseball player Santiago Sosa (born 1999), Argentine footballer Sebastián Sosa (born 1986), Uruguayan...
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  • long-distance runner Sammy Solís (born 1988), American professional baseball player Sammy Sosa (born 1968), Dominican baseball player Sammy Stewart (1954–2018)...
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  • Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball 2001 is a video game released in 2000, and is the third game in the High Heat Major League Baseball video game series. It...
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    passing the marks in 2007 and 2009, respectively. He is also tied with Sammy Sosa for the most National League 140 RBI seasons at three and the most National...
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    Sammy Sosa Giancarlo Stanton Jim Thome Greg Vaughn Hack Wilson 60 home run club Barry Bonds Aaron Judge Roger Maris Mark McGwire Babe Ruth Sammy Sosa...
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    Braves. The season also saw Sammy Sosa, along with Mark McGwire, surpass the existing single-season home run record of 61. Sosa would hold the home run lead...
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  • However, the player that competed for the record with McGwire in 1998 was Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs, who propelled himself into the race with a record-setting...
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    out in Game 2). The first winners of the award were Manny Ramirez and Sammy Sosa in 1999, while the most recent winners are Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani...
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    and steal 15-plus bases in a single season, joining Babe Ruth (1921), Sammy Sosa (1998), and Ken Griffey Jr. (1997–98) on the all-time list. On September...
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    surpassed by McGwire in 1999 (with 65) and by Sammy Sosa (with 66 in 1998, 63 in 1999, and 64 in 2001). McGwire, Sosa, and Bonds have all been linked to performance-enhancing...
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    unbroken for 37 years until two National League players, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, both hit more than 62 home runs during the 1998 home run record chase...
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    Cubs traded superstar Sammy Sosa after he had left the season's final game after the first pitch, which resulted in a fine (Sosa later stated that he had...
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    "Let there be light". In June, 1998 Sammy Sosa exploded into the pursuit of Roger Maris' home run record. Sosa had 13 home runs entering the month, representing...
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  • his 62nd home run on September 8, breaking the single-season record. Sammy Sosa hit his 62nd home run just days later on September 13. Under Social Security...
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    Sheffield and Sammy Sosa—have not been elected to the Hall. Bonds is one of only four members in the 700 home run club and Rodriguez and Sosa are members...
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  • baseball events of the year 1998 throughout the world. Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr. and Greg Vaughn all hit 30 home runs before the All-Star...
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    Cal Ripken Jr. 1996: Tiger Woods 1997: Dean Smith 1998: Mark McGwire & Sammy Sosa 1999: U.S. Women's Soccer Team 2000: Tiger Woods 2001: Curt Schilling...
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    Five players – Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, Willie Mays, Alex Rodriguez and Sammy Sosa – are also members of the 500-home-run club, and Aaron, Mays and Rodriguez...
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