Sammy Sosa Is Not a Hall of Famer

I believe that jealous or racial people should keep their comments to themselves...Sammy Sosa is a very good baseball player...even though I am a 100% Marlins fan..but give credit where credit is due Keep up the great work Sammy!

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I imagine Larry was watching Sammy breathlessly in 1998 when he and the redhead were chasing the Maris hr record.

Now he's ashamed of him. Sorry, MLB and their fans created these guys. Now you're stuck with them.

Go Sammy Go! Hit another 50 homers this year!

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Larry Brown, shut up.

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Couldn't agree with you more Larry. Even during the hr. race I didn't see what the big deal was with Sosa.
Pinning this on being jealousy or a racial issue is just ignorance!
These guys created thmeselves, good or bad. Sosa just happens to be on the bad side, and definetly not a hall of famer!

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Larry, I don't like it much either, but Sosa is a Hall of Famer. He's never been caught doing anything, and nothing he did at the time was illegal anyway.

To keep one of only five players in history out of the Hall based on suspicion would be an embarrassment for baseball, not putting him in.

Just give him the McGwire treatment, and make a "political" statement by not letting him in on the first ballot.

And keep in mind, I'm a White Sox fan, so I spent years hating the guy. Especially in 1998.

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Gee, to belittle Sammy Sosa's accomplishments is so typical of loosers and boozers. Babe Ruth, used the drug of the day, booze and women. Jason Giambi, an addmitted steroid user, was "the comeback player of the year" recipient several years ago. George Steinbrnner, a convicted criminal, was able to employ several players who were banned for life, more than once, for drug use over and over. just two of them were Steve Howe and Darryl Strawberry. Mark McGwire always admitted he used enhancing supplements before they were outlawed. The greatest baseball player is presently banned for life because he gambled, Pete Rose. Is everyone an idiot? Let everyone play their game, or be consistent in enforcing rules. And get off of Barry Bond's back, he may be a jerk, but he has earned his place at the top.

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Performance-enhancement by Sosa only? Come on and get real. There are dark clouds overhead for Bonds, Giambi, McGuire and about a dozen more players. Let's stop the nonsense. Sosa belongs in the hall of fame, together with all of the other "enhanced" players.

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Larry Brown is 100% correct. The Media and the public are both absent-minded. Look at how bulked up Sosa was during the Homerun years with the Cubs, then look at him after the steroids crackdown. He was nearly as skinny as his days with the Rangers. Then he sits before Congress and says he doesn't understand english...Yea Right. Oh, and by the way, along with the steroids, lets not forget the CORKED bat Sosa got caught using in a game. He used a BS excuse and some people bought it.

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I dont know why, but I don't think you have an .900 OPS either, as a matter of fact I don't think you could even hit the ball, because clearly you have no idea of what you are talking about and jealousy has blinded you. I believe you should see things in perspective and be honest with yourself, Sammy's accomplishments are huge not only in HR, but in RBI as well and the attention he is getting is well deserved.

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Their are only three hall of famers on that list and Sammy is not one of them. The true hall a famer IS ONE THAT CAN PERFORM WITHOUT THE USE OF ANY CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE THROUGH OUT THEIIR CAREERE. So, I guess you can say bye, bye Sammy boy. Your out of there.LEAVE THE HALL OF FAME FOR THE TRUE WINNERS AND RECORD BREAKERS.

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Have we all forgotten the greatest players of all time. The old school players like Babe Ruth, Shoeless joe, and let's not forget Pete Rose, among many others. These are the real heros of baseball. Who cares what has happened in their personnel lives. Babe for his drunkeness, Rose for his betting on baseball. I single out, Sosa, McGuire, Giambi, and most of all Bonds. Singled them out because they are nothing close to heros. It is obvious they have taken steroids to accomplishs the feats they have. Take anyone with a little talent in the MLB and put them on steroids and they will accomplish many of the feats these so called heros have. It sickens me that Bonds will soon reach and beat the Mayes 755 homers and end up in the hall. Myself being a huge fan. I would have to say if voted to the hall by the fans, Bonds would never reach the Hall. The game is about the fans. Who pays for those high priced salaries...the fans. And who is the most distant from the fans...Bonds! On the other hand lets look at Sosa. I have been a long time Cubs fan. And every year I have had the chance to see Sammy play and many times have had the pleasure of getting his Autograph. It is obvious Sosa plays for the fans and Bonds does not. So to LARRY BROWN if you want to single out players leave Sammy out. Sammy has been a fan lover all of his career. So what if he wanted to come back only for one more year to reach the 600 mark. So be it. I haven't had the chance to get nor do I want to have the chance to get Bonds auto. Nothing but a self centered jerk who cares only about the mighty dollar. BONDS YOU SUCK!!!!

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Almost forgot...None of these current so called heros belong in the hall. The hall if for the greatest players of all time and these guys are definitely not the greatest. Let's talk about one of the greatest players of all time who is not in the hall because his personnel life cut his career short....Mattingly. It is sad to say he may never reach the hall, on the other hand he has the one of the greatest fan followings even as of now, over ten years after retiring. The card companies know this. It is obvious..look at all his cards produced these days. In my book Mattingly is one of greatest of all time. It's easy to say he will eventually have Torre's job in the Dugout. GO MATTINGLY!!!! Let's see a CALL TO THE HALL OF LOSERS created. The most disrespectful guys in baseball toward the fans and Bonds would be at the top of the list.

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Fornelli,

When you said nothing he did was illegal, you are mistaken.

When we try to defend Sosa and others by the statement of innocent until proven guilty, we must also be careful that we include all the facts that have been brought forward.

While the baseball union was able to keep steroids out of the collective bargaining agreement for years, I'm afraid steroid use was still illegal by frederal law unless prscribed by a physician for medical useage.

So we have a case here where a drug (steroids) is illegal in the United States, but becuase baseball players union was so strong, it wasnt considered banned from baseball at the time.

You can call it a rose, but it still stinks.
Sosa wouldn't take a hair follicle test top prove he has never taken steroids after he agreed on air to do so. Instead he headed on down to the Dominican Republic to lay low so he would keep his name out of the press. He ran and hid

A tainted record is a tainted record. He corked his bats, went from 190 lbs to 255lbs in a single year while going from a 30 home run a year guy to 3 years of over 60.

Then he refused to take a simple test to prove his innocence. If he had pride and character he would have wanted to prove his innocence and give homnor back to his family name if he was innocent.

I repeat, an innocent man would stop at nothing to clear his name. But.....he ran home and hid under his country's skirt until the dust settled.

He may be your kind of hero, but he sure ain't mine

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Whoever wrote this is a complete idiot!

Sammy Sosa has stated the reason for his comeback was
not his pursuit of 600 homers but his true love for the game. Unlike you and other snobs who cannot watch baseball for the love of the game, i believe him and many should and enjoy the game that has been brought back because of the homerun chase of 98. I believe it's unfortunate that men such as Palmeiro and Giambi were convicted of these steroid allegations but at the same time, look at Giambi and his comeback, it's impressive and i admire the man for admitting what he did was wrong but doing something about it.
So please dont write completely stupid articles like these cause your jealous and could never dream of reaching a goal like this.

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Who made Larry Brown judge and jury. The Congress-
ional committee did not find fault with Sammy Sosa.
He hit homeruns long before and after any investi
gation into steroid use. Furthermore he has been
tested several times in the last three years, with
no evidence of usage. So get off your soapbox and
let it go. He'll be in the Hall of Fame on the
first ballot as he should be.

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Hotrod
I think you need to take a pill or something. Relax. Barry Bonds was one of the best players before the steriod era and is still one of the best. He is an all around great player. He has a horrible personality and always has, but that should not keep him out of the Hall of Fame. You are willing to overlook your long time Cub? Look at his numbers minus the four year "enhanced" period. They are laughable. Neither have been proven to have done anything, but Sammy looks a whole lot more guilty.

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Larry Brown is 100% correct. The Media and the public are ABSENT-MINDED. Look at how bulked-up Sosa was during his homerun years with the Cubs. As soon as there was a crackdown on steroid use, he got almost as skinny as he was in his years with the Rangers and hardly had any power. Prior to {that}, he (Sosa) sat before Congress and said he didn't understand English...Yeah Right. Oh, And by the way, on top of the STEROID USE, lets not forget the CORKED BAT he got caught using in a game. Sosa gave some BS excuse and some people bought it.

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Once the juiced ball was introduced in the 80s, baseball ceased to be the one sport where accomplishments could be compared across decades. Now with the implementation of steroid-bloated home run hitters, the game has less integrity than playstation baseball.
It is a sick joke of a sport that has destroyed its own creditability.

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Larry, your racist anger spills out in your sports reports, you should be fired. Sosa is hall of fame material. I hope you get fired from AOL, cause you cant even report sports without giving your own racist comments.

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