54 Results for sammy sosa

Desperately Seeking ... Scottie

Karthik Senthil

...embrace team play. While that's true to an extent, it's like trying to attribute Sammy Sosa being able to hit 60+ home runs in 3 seasons to all of a sudden taking...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 04, 2009

The Sports Guy

Bill Simmons, ESPN The Magazine

When great ones go, it might hurt us more than it does them.

Story | June 02, 2009

The Sports Guy

Bill Simmons

So maybe Big Mac cheated. That's part of the game, too. Let him into the Hall

Story | Conversation | March 24, 2009

A Market Mirror Image

Peter Bernstein

...stock market had fallen to the same level as in 1998. Ah, 1998, the Year of Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire, the home run derby that supposedly saved baseball. And now, more than ten...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 26, 2009

Up Front

Stephen A. Smith, ESPN The Magazine

Lie. Fib. Con. Bull. Cheat. Deceit. Myth. A-Rod.

Story | Conversation | February 25, 2009

The Morning According to Us

Brian Hill

...We were captivated by the historic home run race in '98. We believed Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were clean and capable of Herculean feats, ultimately leaving us forever scarred by our national pastime...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 13, 2009

The Wrong BCS Fix

Radley Balko

This week, Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff announced that he'll be investigating the Bowl Championship Series for possible antitrust violations. ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 07, 2009

Kiss Him Goodbye

Gene Wojciechowski

Year after year, Chicago showed Sammy Sosa the love. Then it showed him the door

Story | Conversation | December 17, 2008

Sweet Spot

Tim Keown

You want to know why Derrek Lee is having a honey of a season? Focus on the little things

Story | Conversation | December 03, 2008

Texas Hold 'Em

Tim Keown

Thanks to a 22-year-old Longhorn legend named Huston Street, the A's may finally have an unbeatable hand

Story | Conversation | November 25, 2008

Alone In The Booth

Eric Neel

Vin Scully has been keeping baseball fans company for 56 years. But they don't really know the man behind the mike

Story | Conversation | November 21, 2008

Fun Facts: MLB Free Agents

Ishita Singh

...Domingo, DR reads like an all-star team: Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz, Pedro Martinez, Albert Pujols, Sammy Sosa, Moises Alou, Adrian Beltre and Francisco Cordero. 3. Mythbusters, Mark Teixeira-style. 4. Adam Dunn is...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 14, 2008

Great Wasn't Good Enough

Jeff Pearlman

He was already a future Hall of Famer. But one night after the 1998 season, a jealous and frustrated Barry Bonds told friends he was going on the juice

Story | Conversation | November 03, 2008

The Breaking Point

Chuck Klosterman

A pop culture commentator looks at Barry Bonds' assault on Babe Ruth and Henry Aaron, and draws some troubling conclusions-not for Bonds, but for us

Story | Conversation | October 30, 2008

The Show Goes On

Dan Le Batard

Ryan Howard is headed where only Barry, Big Mac and Sammy have gone before. Got a problem with that?

Story | Conversation | October 20, 2008