Sammy Sosa on the Sunday Conversation

[Post Count Padder]

Sosa will be on the ESPN Sunday Conversation tomarrow at 11 ET for anyone who is interested.

[Omar]

I'm guesing its nothing new from what we got out of CSN.

[bhogg]

his english is good enough to answer questions?

[A New Era]

Sosa will be on the ESPN Sunday Conversation tomarrow at 11 ET for anyone who is interested.

 

Gonna be getting a Wii tommorow. Otherwise I'd be interested. Don't know why I bothered saying that.

[ConstableRabbit]

his english is good enough to answer questions?

 

Yeah, misunderstanding a question and answering it wrong on ESPN due to his language won't get him nailed for perjury.

[snoodmonger]

his english is good enough to answer questions?

 

Yeah, misunderstanding a question and answering it wrong on ESPN due to his language won't get him nailed for perjury.

 

Yeah, i don't really get the criticism for his having an interpreter during a congressional investigation Of course Sosa speaks English, and fairly well. But it IS his second language, and his understanding IS limited. Why do you think we heard the same five phrases from him during his tenure here (gladiator, my house, berry berry good to me, et al.)?

 

Anyone here in a similar situation--one with potentially serious legal remifications--would do the same thing. I know if I lived in Spain for 16 years, I'd still want a translator if i was in court.

[bhogg]

sure we'd have an interpreter. It's just that we'd have the balls to not hide behind it.

[treebird]

sure we'd have an interpreter. It's just that we'd have the balls to not hide behind it.

 

i'm certainly not willing to trust an interpreter to the extent that his failure would result in my conviction of a serious offense. if you are, well, fair play to you, i guess.

[chuckywang]

I just saw the interview on Outside the Lines.

 

Highlights:

-Sosa would vote for McGwire for the HOF

-Sosa used an interpreter when he faced the jury because he wasn't comfortable with his English in front of a jury.

-Sosa explained his sharp increase in home run totals for the 1998 season because he worked harder, ate right, slept right, and felt an obligation towards the city of Chicago due to his $72 million contract.

-Sosa wants to play this year, and he is confident he'll get an offer. He also has an interest in returning to the Cubs. If he doesn't get an offer, he's perfectly fine with that as well.

[CubColtPacer]

I just saw the interview on Outside the Lines.

 

Highlights:

-Sosa would vote for McGwire for the HOF

-Sosa used an interpreter when he faced the jury because he wasn't comfortable with his English in front of a jury.

-Sosa explained his sharp increase in home run totals for the 1998 season because he worked harder, ate right, slept right, and felt an obligation towards the city of Chicago due to his $72 million contract.

-Sosa wants to play this year, and he is confident he'll get an offer. He also has an interest in returning to the Cubs. If he doesn't get an offer, he's perfectly fine with that as well.

 

I thought there was an easier answer for his home run totals going way up-he could have easily pointed back to 1996 when he would have had 50+ home runs if he hadn't broken his hand in August.

I liked the interview overall-I can understand why he wanted an interpreter now, as he was worried they might trick him with some fancy language (maybe he's been watching too many law shows!)

Also, the fact that he said that he would be happy playing, or would be perfectly happy if he didn't get a call and playing with his kids impressed me.

 

I wasn't going to watch this interview because I thought Sosa would look silly in it-he acquitted himself much better than I expected.

[B]

Sosa's hair is looking sweet.

[Soul]

sure we'd have an interpreter. It's just that we'd have the balls to not hide behind it.

 

i'm certainly not willing to trust an interpreter to the extent that his failure would result in my conviction of a serious offense. if you are, well, fair play to you, i guess.

 

No criminal charges pending for Sosa. But I'll bet he & Big Mac will be tied to each other forever. In other words, no Big Mac in the HOF? No Sammy either.

 

Sammy should not return. It would be bad----he knows he can't play any more. He'd be stooping from his current level (which admittedly is pretty low) to that Barry Bonds level where you play well beyond your years just to stick it to the world for a record you don't deserve.

 

Sammy doesn't deserve 600 HRs. He didn't earn them, and his playing usefulness is long gone.

[cheapseats]

 

Sammy should not return. It would be bad----he knows he can't play any more.

 

Politely disagree. He had terrible luck on balls in play in 2005, but he still ended up with pretty good numbers against right-handed pitchers. He'd make a nice platoon partner for Jacque.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

 

Sammy should not return. It would be bad----he knows he can't play any more.

 

Politely disagree. He had terrible luck on balls in play in 2005, but he still ended up with pretty good numbers against right-handed pitchers. He'd make a nice platoon partner for Jacque.

 

#-o

[cheapseats]

 

Sammy should not return. It would be bad----he knows he can't play any more.

 

Politely disagree. He had terrible luck on balls in play in 2005, but he still ended up with pretty good numbers against right-handed pitchers. He'd make a nice platoon partner for Jacque.

 

#-o

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[Ding Dong Johnson]

 

Sammy should not return. It would be bad----he knows he can't play any more.

 

Politely disagree. He had terrible luck on balls in play in 2005, but he still ended up with pretty good numbers against right-handed pitchers. He'd make a nice platoon partner for Jacque.

 

#-o

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[NCCubFan]

 

Sammy should not return. It would be bad----he knows he can't play any more.

 

Politely disagree. He had terrible luck on balls in play in 2005, but he still ended up with pretty good numbers against right-handed pitchers. He'd make a nice platoon partner for Jacque.

 

#-o

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[Guest]

sure we'd have an interpreter. It's just that we'd have the balls to not hide behind it.

 

i'm certainly not willing to trust an interpreter to the extent that his failure would result in my conviction of a serious offense. if you are, well, fair play to you, i guess.

 

No criminal charges pending for Sosa. But I'll bet he & Big Mac will be tied to each other forever. In other words, no Big Mac in the HOF? No Sammy either.

 

Sammy should not return. It would be bad----he knows he can't play any more. He'd be stooping from his current level (which admittedly is pretty low) to that Barry Bonds level where you play well beyond your years just to stick it to the world for a record you don't deserve.

 

Sammy doesn't deserve 600 HRs. He didn't earn them, and his playing usefulness is long gone.

If I were a major league baseball player, they'd have to forcibly remove me from the game. If I could get a contract offer, I'd play another year because I love the game so much. I wouldn't care what it did to my stats. If the team offered me a contract and the manager put me in the game knowing the level of performance I could currently offer, that wouldn't really be my fault. I'd go out there, do my best and enjoy, "one more year in the sun."

 

Are you saying that's wrong?

[Soul]

sure we'd have an interpreter. It's just that we'd have the balls to not hide behind it.

 

i'm certainly not willing to trust an interpreter to the extent that his failure would result in my conviction of a serious offense. if you are, well, fair play to you, i guess.

 

No criminal charges pending for Sosa. But I'll bet he & Big Mac will be tied to each other forever. In other words, no Big Mac in the HOF? No Sammy either.

 

Sammy should not return. It would be bad----he knows he can't play any more. He'd be stooping from his current level (which admittedly is pretty low) to that Barry Bonds level where you play well beyond your years just to stick it to the world for a record you don't deserve.

 

Sammy doesn't deserve 600 HRs. He didn't earn them, and his playing usefulness is long gone.

If I were a major league baseball player, they'd have to forcibly remove me from the game. If I could get a contract offer, I'd play another year because I love the game so much. I wouldn't care what it did to my stats. If the team offered me a contract and the manager put me in the game knowing the level of performance I could currently offer, that wouldn't really be my fault. I'd go out there, do my best and enjoy, "one more year in the sun."

 

Are you saying that's wrong?

 

No. But I don't think you can say Sammy feels that way about it. He says he's living his dream life right now in DR.

 

BTW, Sammy was already basically forcibly removed from the game. He's gone because nobody wanted him anymore.

[neely crenshaw]

i thought sammy couldn't undertstand english and needed an interpreter during steroid meetings..what gives?

[goonys evil twin]

sure we'd have an interpreter. It's just that we'd have the balls to not hide behind it.

 

Nobody with any sense is going to go into a congressional hearing counting on his balls to carry the day over his lawyer.

[soccer10k]

Sosa's hair is looking sweet.

 

He obviously took a class in Pat Riley hairstyling.