Sammy Sosa Tested Positive for Steroids

[The Dude]

Maybe we can just trade Lou for Girardi.

[gloryforixseal]

Pitchers on steroids. What a shame. I think all the stats of the pitchers in the steroid era should have astericks next to them. Power pitchers during the era should have their stats wiped out and not be allowed in the Hall of Fame.

[PcB]

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You're not being serious are you?

[ruby23]

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I know why it was delayed, its because Squenix had trouble getting the Unreal engine to work right on the PS3, but theyve been working on this game forever, why isnt it ready yet?

[veryzer]

ram said it would be ready when it's ready. kibble store motherfucker, kibble store.

[The Dude]

FWIW

<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko declined to elaborate on the New York Times' report that former Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa tested positive for a performance enhancing drug in 2003 because the lack of a public source.



"First, to me, unfortunately, today it’s just not a story for me," Konerko said. "Some guy writes an article, the sources aren’t public. One of two things needs to happen for me, either whoever is going to report …these sources, then put your name behind it and put your face out there and tell people who you are. Or Sammy admits to it, and that’s what happened in the Alex Rodriguez thing.



"That’s the only two ways this becomes a story. I know, obviously if you guys are standing here, it’s a story but I just think it’s sad it's come to the fact that news comes out of reports of unnamed sources and that kind of stuff. It’s gives it a bad name for you guys."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

[Kid]

<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg said his former teammate Sammy Sosa does not belong in the Hall because of integrity issues associated with the steroids era.

The New York Times reported that Sosa was one of the 104 players in 2003 who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.

Appearing on the "Waddle & Silvy" show on ESPN 1000, Sandberg said "I don't think so," when asked if Sosa belongs in the Hall of Fame.

"They use the word 'integrity' in describing a Hall of Famer in the logo of the Hall of Fame, and I think there are gonna be quite a few players that are not going to get in," Sandberg said. "It's been evident with the sportswriters who vote them in, with what they've done with Mark McGwire getting in the 20 percent range.

"We have some other players coming up like [Rafael] Palmeiro coming up soon, and it'll be up to the sportswriters to speak loud and clear about that. I don't see any of those guys getting in."

Sandberg and Sosa were Cubs teammates from 1992 to '94 and from '96 to '97.

"I was around Sammy for about five years before I retired, and there wasn't anything going on then," Sandberg said. "I did admire the hard work he put in. He was one of the first guys down to the batting cage, hitting extra. I figured he was working out hard in the offseason to get bigger. It was just happening throughout the game, that even myself was blinded by what was really happening, maybe starting in the '98 season.

"I think it's very unfortunate. I think suspicions were there as they are with some other players. Those players are now put in a category of being tainted players with tainted stats. I think it's obviously something that was going on in the game. Players participated in it and as the names have come out I think that they will be punished for that."

Sandberg said that punishment should include being banned from Cooperstown.

"It's something that's against the law and against society," Sandberg said. "It was cheating in the sport.

"I think it has to be spoken very loud and clear on the stance, and baseball needs to stand as they have. I'm very, very satisfied with the testing program they have in place now. For a guy who's tested positive today under what happens now like Manny Ramirez, it almost takes an idiot to participate in that. For the society, for the up-and-coming players and youth out there, I don't think those guys should be recognized at all."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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[1060Ivy]

I was all for Sammy in the Hall, until I saw this:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/31505803

Sosa had his jerseys' tapered.

If that isn't cheating and against everything that baseball stands for I don't know what does.

Can't believe people get paid to write this crap.

[veryzer]

ummmm....until they can prove sammy tapered, i'm giving him the benefit of the doubt. sammy was a strong guy, he didn't need the tape.

[Lance]

What's the problem? I taper all of my shirts. Chicks dig it.

I also generally stick a rolled up pair of athletic socks in my shorts. Is this cheating?

[Destined]

I scratch out my Levi size, to make it lower.