do you? i dont.
2007-03-07 17:35:55 · 14 answers · asked by marcus r 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
It has been speculated by many members of the media and fans about the possibility of steroid use by Sosa due to the dramatic statistical swings throughout his career.Others noted that Sosa's production went into a tailspin immediately after he was hit in the head by a Salomon Torres pitch in April 2003, and never recovered to former levels.
Although no evidence of steroid use by Sosa has ever been found, following suspicions of PED use and his late-2004 actions, the Cubs were generally regarded as eager to trade him. However, the structure of his contract made this problematic. Sosa had one year left on his contract, with a team option for a second year. His salary would be $17 million in 2005, and was to rise to $18 million in 2006. However, the contract also stipulated that if Sosa was traded during the duration of the deal, the team option would be waived, making his 2006 salary guaranteed, and adding a $19 million option for 2007.
He had a violent nature, which could have been attributed to steroids, In the winter after the 1990 season, Sosa faced accusations of spousal abuse. Sosa was accused of beating his wife with a baseball bat and beating her with a bottle of rum after she refused to grant him a divorce.
2007-03-07 17:44:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
YES. As much as I liked Sosa, it was obvious that he used performance enhancing aids of some type. Sosa was very much thinner and a leaner player when he was young. Actually in his first years in the league he was more wiry than powerful. In the span of just about 2 years he added 50-60 pounds and all of it was muscular. This is not accomplished from strength training alone.
2007-03-08 08:08:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I believe he did. It has been said that gum chewers (which most baseball players are) have an explosion of the cheek and jaw muscles because they are constantly being exercised. If you look at Sosa in his early career he was small and fast, but during the home run race he was huge. He was built for power. Most people in that period did use them, but it shouldn't be a shock. First they are being paid to hit home runs. Second every big name player was doing it, and it was making baseball exciting to watch again. You can't completely discredit him though, he still needs to know how to hit, so it doesn't discredit his hitting ability, just his home run hitting ability.
2007-03-08 03:29:24 · answer #3 · answered by austin.h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sammy Sosa was a slight, little fleet fielding outfielder when he arrived in the majors.
Fast forward to Cubs career.
Shoulders like cannon balls. Arms like tree limbs. A neck the size of Babe the Ox.
Fast forward to Orioles career. (after the whole steroid thingy)
Markedly smaller. No power. No bat speed.
In my opinion, he was doing something more than lifting weights. ;) ;)
2007-03-07 17:46:25 · answer #4 · answered by William M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, any sudden gain in weight and muscle (especially on the face and jaw) is a dead giveaway. Even though I liked Sosa and McGuire, it was the juice that caused the home run contest. Likewise with Barry Bonds and too many others. I think baseball hitters don't think it's cheating so much as we fans think, because they're facing pitchers who juice, too
2007-03-07 17:42:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Without question he did. In one offseason the reporters in Chicago where shocked how large he got in 3 months. His whole body was gigantic like the hulk.
2007-03-08 05:45:50 · answer #6 · answered by berta44 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll let you in on a little secret---They all did them,the players that were playing in the time that they were available used them and the one that didn't wanted too.To become a pro athlete you will do anything at your disposal to get to and stay at that level
2007-03-08 02:20:10 · answer #7 · answered by Ricky Lee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep... look at his baseball cards when he first got into the league. He was a skinny little dude, not at all like the banana eatin' muscle bound/headed gorilla he became that we all know and love.
2007-03-07 17:39:24 · answer #8 · answered by crazymofo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
interior the words of Gomer Pyle: "marvel, marvel". the actual troubling element is that each and all the names have not surfaced faster. as quickly as all of it is finally uncovered, the guilties would be named and MLB can pass on. upload: bballplayer21 - Your purpose is like asserting to the instructor - "And if i did no longer cheat on the try, i does no longer have won an A".
2016-11-23 14:47:38 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look how long it took him to hit a homerun again, 3 years .
2007-03-08 01:35:38 · answer #10 · answered by iamlgnd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋