Sosa Has Arrived in Rangers Camp

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Sosa was supposed to arrive in camp at Surprise, AZ today and plans to address the media on Friday.

 

Link.

 

Sammy Sosa will arrive in Surprise today but will not meet with the media until Friday. The Rangers are expecting up to 80 members of the media to attend Sosa's first news conference. That will include reporters from several national publications and Web sites and newspapers in New York, Washington, Chicago and Arizona.

 

Reporters from Sosa's native Dominican Republic also will be at the news conference.

 

Michael Young said he is not sure what to expect from Sosa.

 

"The Sammy I remember, I played against him in '01 or '02 in interleague and he was one of the top three players in the game," Young said. "Obviously taking the year off, it's tough to predict what he's going to be able to do.... We're banking on the fact that he's going to be prepared."

[RichHillIsABeast]

"This is my house!"

 

:roll:

[BleedCubbieBlue81]

"Does anyone know where I can buy a new boombox down here in Texas?"

[forbez18]

I seem to be in the minority in Chicago, but I would love to see Sammy have a great year and hit 25-30 HR's and hit near .270 this year. I don't think it will happen, but for some of the good memories that he provided, I just hope he can have a good season and then retire on his own term.

 

I know he did not do everything to be a team player, or to end things good in Chicago, but he always seemed to go out on the field and work hard.

[Roast]

I seem to be in the minority in Chicago, but I would love to see Sammy have a great year and hit 25-30 HR's and hit near .270 this year. I don't think it will happen, but for some of the good memories that he provided, I just hope he can have a good season and then retire on his own term.

 

I know he did not do everything to be a team player, or to end things good in Chicago, but he always seemed to go out on the field and work hard.

 

Agree.

[CubmanPi]

I'm definitely pulling for him in Texas. I'd also like to see him face Prior when the Cubs go down there. It's a shame that showdown wouldn't occur in Wrigley.

 

I miss the Sammy days as well, and I think it would be great to see him succeed for another season before he's done.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I think when I go see the Cubs play the Rangers this year, I'll wear my Sosa Cubs jersey.

[ChiCubsFan]

I never liked Sammy, however, I'd like to see him do well. He was a jerk but he was a very productive player for the Cubs and I respect him for that. I did like the ad he put out in the paper when he left Chicago. That was pretty classey.

[Cubbies2238]

Does anybody know what time his press conference will be at?

[Chris]

Can't cheer against the guy. I'd love for him to have a big season.

[Wheelimus]

Good luck Sammy. Here's hoping you can at least pull a Tim Salmon, come back for one last respectable year (and .260/.330/.470, or any variation of that near .800 OPS theme, would be quite respectable), get your 600 homers, and then be able to retire on "your terms".

[Twiggy]

I hope he does well also. Would love to see him hit 30 homers and have a healthy season

[Derwood]

you're all making the huge assumption that he'll even make the roster

[KenCub]

Will he have his interpreter at the press conference?

:lol:

[ConstableRabbit]

Will he have his interpreter at the press conference?

:lol:

 

Only if the reporters are asking him questions so important that if he misunderstands something and answers incorrectly he goes to jail.

 

So no.

[Stu]

Will he have his interpreter at the press conference?

:lol:

 

Only if the reporters are asking him questions so important that if he misunderstands something and answers incorrectly he goes to jail.

 

So no.

 

 

You have a great point. I have been fluent in Spanish since 1989 or so, and yet whenever I get involved in legal proceedings and have to testify I always insist on doing it in English. You have lawyers and people parsing every single word you utter and it is incredibly stressfull. I think Sammy caught some unnecessary flak on that one.

[KenCub]

Will he have his interpreter at the press conference?

:lol:

 

Only if the reporters are asking him questions so important that if he misunderstands something and answers incorrectly he goes to jail.

 

So no.

 

So his lawyer read Sammy's written statement because, if Sammy misread his own written statement, he'd have gone to jail?

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Sammy gets a lift.

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070223/capt.azth10202231442.rangers_sosa_baseball_azth102.jpg

 

It's a step down from the limo I saw him riding in once in Atlanta.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Another pic of Sammy arriving. It looks like he arrived before dawn.

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070223/capt.azth10102231442.rangers_sosa_baseball_azth101.jpg

[shnsajax]

Sammy gets a lift.

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070223/capt.azth10202231442.rangers_sosa_baseball_azth102.jpg

 

It's a step down from the limo I saw him riding in once in Atlanta.

 

The guy next to him is what Lance Armstrong is going to look like in 20 years.

[Knightlife_in_Lubbock]

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070223/capt.azth10202231442.rangers_sosa_baseball_azth102.jpg

 

 

Until I looked at the 2nd photo and saw his man purse I thought Sammy was buckled in. :lol:

[Derwood]

Sammy where's his sunglasses at night

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Sammy where's his sunglasses at night

 

I think that's Sammy wears his sunglasses at night.

[Derwood]

Sammy where's his sunglasses at night

 

I think that's Sammy wears his sunglasses at night.

 

ah crap.

[ConstableRabbit]

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070223/capt.azth10202231442.rangers_sosa_baseball_azth102.jpg

 

 

Until I looked at the 2nd photo and saw his man purse I thought Sammy was buckled in. :lol:

 

hahaha I did too until you pointed that out.

 

He still looks HUGE. Look at his arms!