Word: dominican
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...scream at him in the dugout on live television. His obsession with individual accomplishment led him to commission a giant "30-30" pendant necklace to celebrate his 30 homers and 30 stolen bases. His license plate read ss 30-30. He named his shopping mall in the Dominican Republic 30-30. If he could have, he would have named each of his four children 30-30. Cubs fans, who called him "Sammy So-So," were disgusted when the team re-signed him for $42.5 million for four years...
...Sosa fans were the fans of the underdog; he was black, he was Dominican, and he was pill-free. He had the little body (by comparison) and the big smile. Teddy-bear-on-the-inside or not, McGwire was the hulk. The one with the glower. The one who was supposed to break Maris's record, if you could say that about anyone, and in that way it turned out right. Who but McGwire, after all, could not just pass Maris, not just leave the pesky Sosa behind, but keep piling on the homers until he hit a nice round...
...PEDRO DE MACORIS, Dominican Republic--This is where the fantasy begins, the town that produced so many major leaguers. And for local kids with a glove and a bat, inspiration comes nightly on TV as they watch one of their own slugger Sammy Sosa...
Benzan, the son of immigrants from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, is Latino, but also considers himself black...
...above has important implications for everybody's favorite also-ran, Cubs rightfielder Sammy Sosa, who famously preceded his baseball tenure with a shoeshine business in the Dominican Republic...