Hey does anyone know what happened to Sammy Sosa, after he went to Baltimore. I realize that you may not like him, and he isn't my favorite either, but I was just curious so please, no negativety, just info.
2006-09-09 14:22:13 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
Sosa is currently back home in the Dominican Republic and is not currently attached to any professional baseball team. He has not officially retired though, and has hinted that he may try a comeback in 2007 (if someone is willing to pick him up and pay his price).
2006-09-09 15:14:03 · answer #1 · answered by gladerade 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Out at Home
Buyer low-balls Sammy Sosa in sale of slugger’s Lake Point Tower condo
Sammy Sosa, the Cubs’ once-beloved home-run king, suffered through a double play of disappointments this past fall. In late September, he sold his palatial spread in Lake Point Tower for less than half of what he had initially hoped to get for it. Then, in November, his latest team, the Baltimore Orioles, dropped him from its 2006 roster.
After leaving Chicago in February 2005, Sosa listed his sprawling 55th-floor home for $4.5 million. (Sosa had bought the place—three units com-bined into one 13-room condominium—for an undisclosed sum in 1997.) His real-estate agent, Azar Katibeh of American Invsco, later dropped the price to $2.7 million.
Streeterville
List price: $2.7 million
Sale price: $2.1 million
The unit has six bedrooms, one of them a guest room with three queen-size beds. The place ultimately sold this past September for $2.1 million. At press time, the buyer’s name had not yet appeared in public records. Katibeh did not respond to requests for comment, nor did Sosa or his sports agent, Adam Katz.
After hitting 35 or more home runs each year from 1995 to 2004, Sosa had a dismal single season with the Orioles in 2005. Sidelined by injuries, he hit only 14 home runs. At press time, Sosa had not yet landed with another team.
2006-09-09 22:59:41 · answer #2 · answered by Voodoo Doll 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to broadcast reports, Sosa is claiming that he is taking a break from baseball and that he's not retired yet. He was also recently upset that MLB did not include him among the Cubs' five hometown heroes, a recent promotion by the league.
Have fun, enjoy MLB, and be safe!
2006-09-09 21:33:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
He hit a slump and then got injured. He became a free agent, a minor league team (the Nationals) offered him a contract which he turned down. I think right now he's just biding his time and waiting for the new season to start.
2006-09-09 21:48:47 · answer #4 · answered by Mariposa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Orioles didn't resign him after the '05 season (in fact, I think he left the team a few days before the season ended) and nobody offered him a contract this year.
2006-09-10 01:21:53 · answer #5 · answered by JerH1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
l don't think he is playing baseball any more. l thried to find his record this year on yahoo sports but he's not there. l think now that thry are tracking down on steriod use he's just not good enough to play major league without it so he retired. l think that's what happened to him but l don't know for sure.
2006-09-09 21:29:37 · answer #6 · answered by nevets 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sammy who?
never heard of the guy.
2006-09-10 00:52:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He retired
2006-09-10 01:01:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know who he is except baseball and thats only because i looked it up
here is a bio of him
http://www.latinosportslegends.com/sosa.htm
yahoo answers - where is he now
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20060701151542AAlvMyb
Yahoo answers - was he a great player or cheat
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=1006021705635
Yahoo answers - could he be in hall of fame
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=1005121703741
2006-09-09 21:28:40 · answer #9 · answered by away right now 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
according to mlb.com he retired
serves him right the cheater
2006-09-09 22:21:20 · answer #10 · answered by Sean 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋