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...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...
...moment was a chance to gaze backward, to 1961, to 1927, to the baseball heroes of happier times. And the game paused, with a leisurely euphoria, as fans of baseball and America took a good long look. But as McGwire hugged Sammy Sosa, lifting the Chicago Cub toward the heavens as fireworks went off above their heads, we were reminded: The future waits. Neither the home run race nor the 1998 season is over yet, and history is not yet done being made...
...pleasure to read about the resurgence of baseball and home-run hitters Ken Griffey Jr., Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa [SPORT, July 27]. As a lifetime fan of baseball, I have more trouble enjoying this great game as its keepers continue to try to destroy it. I do have one complaint. Your list of the leading Cy Young award winners for best pitcher showed Steve Carlton winning four of them with St. Louis. While Carlton started his career with the Cardinals, his greatest success came with the Philadelphia Phillies. I know because at times he was the only reason...
...perhaps the greatest testament of Sosa's worth is the fact that he has provided Bulls-obsessed Chicagoans--at least for the moment--with a distraction from their nervous preoccupation with the future of Michael Jordan and the rest of the world champion hoopsters. "The fans around here are crazy about Sosa," says Ron Stampley, manager of the Cubby Bear, a popular sports bar near Wrigley Field. "They cheer for him as loudly as they cheer for Jordan." Indeed, Sosa's slugging streak, along with wunderkind pitcher Kerry Wood's arm and first baseman Mark Grace...
...fact, Sosa's performance--and the team's--have jelled precisely at the time the slugger quit acting as if he were trying to carry the Cubs by himself. He immersed himself in videos of other hitters in the off season and has tuned in fully to the advice of Cub coaches. "I always thought this guy could really put up some gigantic numbers if we could get him to swing at better pitches and get him to be more patient," said batting coach Jeff Pentland. Sosa agrees: "I don't want to go to the home plate with...