Allright, I've tried my best to stay out of this thread because any argument about sammy goes the same way. Party A: Sammy cheats, sammy corked his bat and i refuse to listen to his excuse for that which actually makes logical sense, sammy only thinks of his self, sammy is a jerk who eats babys and clubs seals, sammy left early. I HATE SAMMY. Oh, and he did steroids alot. Party B: Sammy is one of the greatest offensive players in chicago cubs history, its sick how people have totally disowned him and forgotten about that. There is no proof sammy ever did roids. There is a logical reason to believe his corked bat story. His 2001 season was one of the best offensive seasons in history this side of Cobbs' 1911 season. It quickly turns into a penis measuring contest of two groups of people: The people who were brought into baseball, or reinterested in baseball by sammy and the 98 cubs (me) And those who were fans long before sosa, or those who were fans because of the 03 season. There are exceptions to the rule but thats pretty much the norm. But this is probably one of the more ignorant statements I've ever read: Oh really? What proof do you have to back this up? What even gives you the idea this may be remotely true? If it was, why wasnt it brought up earlier by cubs brass in a game that actually mattered, unlike the last game of 04. Furthermore, I wish people would stop calling sammy selfish. You dont like him, fine, but to say he's selfish shows how very bitter people are towards him, because its a blatant lie. Lets take a look at some of sosa's humanitarian work: -He organised the Sammy Sosa Charitable Fund (SSCF) in 1998 to help further the health standards of children in the D.R. -After Hurricane George he used the SSCF to help organize relief efforts in the D.R. He even flew down there personally and handed out supplied. -He has invested a load of money into a baseball school in the dominican republic, this school houses players and provides clothes and meals. -For each HR he hit during the 98 season he donated 40 computers to schools in the dominican republic. As a matter of fact his work with hurricane George earned him the 1999 ESPY for Humanitarian of the Year. Dont like sammy if you dont want to, but dont call him selfish. Its ignorant and untrue.