George Castle - Sammy Sosa: Slammin Sammy (Superstar Series Baseball)
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This heartwarming look at Chicago Cubs outfielder Sammy Sosa details how his youthful enthusiasm and love of the game turned him into one of the worlds most popular athletes. Written by George Castle, the book also shows why Sosa endeared himself to fans from all walks of life through compassion for the hurricane-ravaged citizens of his native Dominican Republic. Sosas rags-to-riches story is an inspiration to people everywhere.
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1999 George Castle All rights reserved.
Editor, Director of Production: Susan M. McKinney Book design: Michelle R. Dressen Book layout: Susan M. McKinney and Jennifer L. Polson Cover design: Scot Muncaster
ISBN: 1-58261-029-0 Library of Congress Number: 98-89115
SPORTS PUBLISHING INC. 804 N. Neil Champaign, IL 61820 www.SportsPublishingInc.com
Printed in the United States.
Front and back cover photos by Ron Vesely.
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Contents
1 Who is That Guy?
1
2 The Long Baseball Road
9
3 The Home Run Chase
19
4 The Race is On
25
5 Face to Face
41
6 Sammy Show-Biz
47
7 Pride of a Nation
53
8 The Businessman
67
Sammy Sosa's Quick Facts
75
Year-by-Year Summary
76
Career Highlights
77
Sammy Sosa's Home Run List
81
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The author's scorecard for Sammy Sosa's historic 61st and 62nd home runs.
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Chapter One Who is that Guy?
When baseball fans talked about records that would never be broken, there always was one at the top of the list: Roger Maris' 61 home runs in the 1961 season.
The feeling was that no oneincluding Babe Ruth, Henry Aaron or Willie Mayshad hit that many in a season. How could anyone playing today ever do it?
Sure, Ken Griffey Jr. had come close. So had Mark McGwire. But getting close wasn't breaking
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the record. That was a record that would stand forever.
However, as the 1998 baseball season went from April to May to June, a funny thing happened. Some fans began wondering if this was the year when Maris' record would be broken. Griffey was hitting his usual number of early-season homers and McGwire had picked up where he left off in the 1997 season.
As June turned into July, a third name was added to the list of possible record breakers: Sammy Sosa. "Sammy who?" some fans asked. "You must be kidding," other fans said.
But Sammy Sosa wasn't laughing. Neither were his Chicago Cubs teammates or the fans in Wrigley Field. And neither were the pitchers in the National League. They knew who Sammy Sosa was.
He was the Cubs' right fielder who grew up in the Dominican Republic, part of an island in
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Sammy hits Nos. 64 and 65.
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the Caribbean Sea. Always smiling, always friendly, always playing hard, Sosa had a lot of fans in Chicago.
Even though he was not known as a home run hitter, he showed everyone what kind of power he had with 40 home runs in the 1996 season. However, 40 home runs is a long way from Maris' 61.
When it first was suggested that Sammy could approach the record, he shrugged it off. He told reporters that McGwire was "The Man" and the one who would have a shot at "The Record." Even as the season turned from July to August to September and McGwire and Sosa were neck-and-neck in the home run race, there was Smilin' Sammy, telling everyone how happy he was to play baseball and cheering for McGwire to hit another long ball.
Suddenly, McGwire also began to cheer for Sosa. And the publicin Chicago, St. Louis, the Dominican Republic, and every place where there
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