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The_Offspring187 · 04-20-2002, 06:37 PM

Sosa doesn't deserve to be in the Hall?

Interesting.

Let's see, he's 33 years old and has 456 career homeruns. You talk as if he's retiring tomorrow. Sheesh, if the guy retires with more than 600 homers, he deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, end of story.

He put baseball back on the map when baseball sorely needed some heroes. He and McGwire captivated an entire nation in 98 with their historic chase and made some people come back to baseball after the strike soured them.

Sammy Sosa is the true rags to riches story. He started out as a boxer in the Dominican Republic, but his mother told him she wouldn't watch him fight. So at the age of 14, he decided to pick up a broom handle (or stick, whatever they used down there) and play "baseball" for the very first time. They used a milk cartons for gloves, rolled up socks for balls, and sticks/broom handles for bats (I read a bio on Sosa so I know quite a bit of stuff about him, not to mention he's my fave player). He went on to become one of the most recognized and revered Latin American players EVER. He has over 200 career stolen bases. He was the only Cub to go 30-30 in a season, and he did it twice. He won an MVP Award and competed for another last year. He drove in 158 RBIs and 160 RBIs, two of the highest totals in the history of the National League. He has consistently improved himself each year since 1997, and he plays harder than almost all the other high-priced players. He has great hustle, he has improved his fielding, hell last year he hit an inside the park homerun for his 63rd homer! He's a true role model for kids, a great ambassador for the sport of baseball, plus he's a damn good player. Like him or not, he is a good/great player. He has 1813 career hits in 1740 career games. Not that bad at all, averaging over a hit a game. He's got a .544 career slugging percentage.

Right now, I dunno if he'd make the Hall or not. But if he retired right now due to an injury or something, I think he could make it because of the potential he had to do even better things. Hitting 456 career homers is pretty special, especially when you are only 33 years old. I've heard of a few guys that were elected because their careers ended early and if they had continued, they probably would've been legendary. They take age into consideration too. I read about this somewhere but I can't remember where.

Oh well, I just had to respond seeing as how I'm a Cubs fan and all. Don't take it as a personal rip on you, but just more of a defense of Sammy.

04-20-2002, 06:37 PM	#20
The_Offspring187 Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 484	Sosa doesn't deserve to be in the Hall? Interesting. Let's see, he's 33 years old and has 456 career homeruns. You talk as if he's retiring tomorrow. Sheesh, if the guy retires with more than 600 homers, he deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, end of story. He put baseball back on the map when baseball sorely needed some heroes. He and McGwire captivated an entire nation in 98 with their historic chase and made some people come back to baseball after the strike soured them. Sammy Sosa is the true rags to riches story. He started out as a boxer in the Dominican Republic, but his mother told him she wouldn't watch him fight. So at the age of 14, he decided to pick up a broom handle (or stick, whatever they used down there) and play "baseball" for the very first time. They used a milk cartons for gloves, rolled up socks for balls, and sticks/broom handles for bats (I read a bio on Sosa so I know quite a bit of stuff about him, not to mention he's my fave player). He went on to become one of the most recognized and revered Latin American players EVER. He has over 200 career stolen bases. He was the only Cub to go 30-30 in a season, and he did it twice. He won an MVP Award and competed for another last year. He drove in 158 RBIs and 160 RBIs, two of the highest totals in the history of the National League. He has consistently improved himself each year since 1997, and he plays harder than almost all the other high-priced players. He has great hustle, he has improved his fielding, hell last year he hit an inside the park homerun for his 63rd homer! He's a true role model for kids, a great ambassador for the sport of baseball, plus he's a damn good player. Like him or not, he is a good/great player. He has 1813 career hits in 1740 career games. Not that bad at all, averaging over a hit a game. He's got a .544 career slugging percentage. Right now, I dunno if he'd make the Hall or not. But if he retired right now due to an injury or something, I think he could make it because of the potential he had to do even better things. Hitting 456 career homers is pretty special, especially when you are only 33 years old. I've heard of a few guys that were elected because their careers ended early and if they had continued, they probably would've been legendary. They take age into consideration too. I read about this somewhere but I can't remember where. Oh well, I just had to respond seeing as how I'm a Cubs fan and all. Don't take it as a personal rip on you, but just more of a defense of Sammy.