I don't vote for Barry Bonds or Roger Clemens. Sosa isn't getting into the Hall of Fame and those who don't want him there can rest easy. Sosa has two more years on the ballot. In the mid-'90s, he actually scored relatively well in range measurements, too, helping him to 7.7 defensive WAR from 1993-97 (1.5 per season). Things are not looking good for retired Chicago Cubs superstar Sammy Sosa for making it into the MLB Hall of Fame. I was comfortable.”. Though many now consider him a one-dimensional player, Sosa stole at least 30 bases in three different seasons and racked up double digits in steals nine times. That was Bud Selig's job - who is another who shouldn't be in the Hall for his role in profiting off steroid power in the game until Congress did the heavy lifting to clear a path for testing. It's not all about longevity. Of course I belong to the Hall of Fame.”, Sosa said of his participation in the ESPN documentary that it “was the right time for me to do that,” and that “I was very happy with it. And it's not like that needs to be written into the ballot guidelines to be viewed as an important consideration. "And the great things that Mark and I did in baseball, to bring back baseball when it was down …", "We brought the game back," Sosa said, a reference to McGwire, before shifting the focus onto himself. I explained it wasn't against any baseball rules for most of his career but that the drugs were illegal without prescriptions and that players who used them did not do so openly or - with the exceptions of Canseco and Ken Caminiti - admit it publicly (until, in some cases, testing positive). Get all the sports news you need, direct to your inbox. Baseball players should play, not answer questions, during broadcasts, Lovie Smith: Illini will be ‘out in force’ when Election Day arrives, Theo Epstein issues farewell warning to Cubs Nation, 3 injured, including Chicago cop, in crash with police vehicle in Roseland, Nick Cannon, G Herbo tackle food insecurity through Feed Your City Challenge in West Pullman, 18 shot, 5 fatally, in Chicago so far this weekend, Woman killed, man wounded in Humboldt Park shooting: police, Ian Book’s TD run helps No. I played hard every day. Soriano is one of 18 ballot first-timers -- a list that is headed by long-time Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter. Where things kick into overdrive would be one of the greatest prime power stretches we've ever seen. difficulty obtaining the ultimate baseball honor. In all, this discussion seems mostly moot. Using Sosa's seven-year peak, he rates 12th among right fielders and above average. I always hear people talking about how meaningful the ‘98 home run race was to baseball. That alone should merit strong consideration. Sosa deflected questions regarding the use of performance-enhancing drugs, twice referencing that he never tested positive for steroids during his MLB career,  during an appearance on the “Mully & Haugh Show.”. My son was 12 at the time and a huge baseball fan so I included him in the process, and we went over the bios of all the players on the ballot, discussing traditional Hall of Fame benchmarks, career peaks and intangibles. There can also be peak candidates, though. This cultural stuff seems like a part worthy of serious consideration as well. RELATED: Where is Chicago Cubs Star Sammy Sosa Now? newsletter, Whether he knows it or not, Sammy Sosa is getting exactly what he wants — attention, Once upon a ‘Summer’: The year Mark McGwire & Sammy Sosa took over baseball, When it comes to the Cubs, we’re done living in the past. 2020 marks Sosa’s 8th year on the ballot, and after receiving only 13.9% of the vote, he’s close to running out of time to make it through the front door of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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