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Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1999. Driscoll, Laura. Sammy Sosa: He’s the Man. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1999. Gutman, Bill. Sammy Sosa. New York: Pocket Books, 1998. Layden, Joseph. Home Run Heroes: Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. New York: Scholastic, 1998. Preller, James. A Season to Remember. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. Sosa, Sammy, with Breton, Marcos. Sosa: An Autobiography. New York: Warner Books, 2000. , 50-51 Gulf Coast Rookie League, 24 Himes, Larry, 33, 34, 35, 36 Hutton, Mark, 42 Incaviglia, Pete, 30 Johnson, Sandy, 26 Katz, Adam, 29 McGwire, Mark, 7-9, 48, 49, 50, 51-53, 55, 56, 58, 59 Mantle, Mickey, 48-49 Maria Peralta, Carlos (stepfather), 16, 34 Mariners, 50 Maris, Roger, 7-8, 9, 10, 48, 49, 52, 53 Marlins, 42 Martinez, Dennis, 35 Mays, Willie, 36, 49 Mets, 21, 36 Minaya, Omar, 22-23 Most Valuable Player, 56 Nelson Rodriguez League, 19 Peguero, Hector, 19, 21 Pentland, Jeff, 47, 53 Phillies, 19, 21 Pirates, 35 Player of Week, 41, 42 Rangers, 22-26, 27, 29-31 Red Sox, 30 Riggleman, Jim, 44-45 Roberto Clemente Man of the Year Award, 57 Ruth, Babe, 48, 49 62 Sierra, Ruben, 30 Silver Slugger Award, 41 Sosa, Luis (stepbrother), 13, 18, 19 Sosa, Mireya (mother), 8, 14-16, 18, 19, 2324, 30, 48, 50, 53 Sosa, Samuel and amateur team, 19, 21 and awards, 41, 42, 57-58 birth of, 14 and boxing, 17-18 and charities, 10, 56-57 childhood of, 9, 11, 13-16 children of, 40 criticism of, 37, 39, 40, 44-45 education of, 14, 15, 17 family of, 13-17, 34 and home run records, 9, 10, 30-31, 40, 41, 42, 49-50, 5153, 55, 56, 58, 59 and injuries, 35, 36, 42, 50 and interest in game, 15, 17, 18-19 and major league debut, 30 and marriage, 34, 40 in 1986, 23-25 in 1987, 25-26 in 1988, 26-27 in in in in in in in in in in 1989, 30-33 1990, 33 1991, 33-34 1992, 34-35 1993, 36 1994, 39-40 1995, 40-41 1996, 41-42 1997, 42-45, 47 1998, 7-9, 10, 47-53, 55-56, 59 in 1999, 58 and players’ strike, 39-40 as professional, 22-23 and salary, 40, 43 as shoeshine boy, 9, 14, 15, 16 and 30/30 mark, 36-37, 40 in 2000, 59 in United States, 23-24 Sosa, Sonia (wife), 34, 40 Sporting News All-Star Team, 41 Trachsel, Steve, 8 Twins, 32-33 Whitehurst, Wally, 36 White Sox, 31-34, 36 Yankees, 21, 30-31, 48 25: Larry Marano/London Features International 27: Mike Fisher/AP/Wide World Photos 28: Jonathan Daniel/ Allsport USA 32: Jonathan Daniel/ Allsport USA 35: Roy Dabner/AP/ Wide World Photos 37: Carole Devillers/ Reuters/Archive Photos 38: Reed Saxon/AP/ Wide World Photos 43: AFP/Corbis 44: AFP/Corbis 46: Beth A.
Sammy returned to the White Sox in 1991, hoping to redeem himself. He got off to a strong start, belting two home runs and 5 RBIs on opening day in Baltimore. But soon a slump set in. On top of that, he continually clashed with the White 34 SAMMY SOSA Sox batting coach, who wanted him to change his swing. Then from home in the Dominican Republic came sad news: Sammy’s stepfather had passed away. Sammy would later describe 1991 as a miserable season. ” Larry Himes, the manager who’d always believed in Sammy, had been fired from the White Sox the previous season.
It was a one-year agreement that would pay him more than $4 million. Sammy was aware that this was a huge salary. He was also aware that it carried a huge price. Everyone would expect him to perform. When the 1994 season was cut short by the strike, the Cubs finished in last place in the National League’s Central Division. Because the strike wasn’t settled until April of 1995, the ‘95 season had to be cut short, too. It was decided that the teams would play 144 games instead of 162. Sammy immediately began proving his worth to the team.