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February 15, 2006
Hidden: sammy sosa rejects offer: might as weel retire he will not get a better contract than that
posted by Barry-from-H-town to baseball at 04:44 PM - 5 comments
The Nationals had offered Sosa a non-guaranteed contract that would have included performance bonus opportunities. Um, what offer are you saying is the best he'll get, Barry? There's nothing specific in this article from which we could judge your lovely sentiment.
posted by billsaysthis at 05:40 PM on February 15, 2006
Why would Sosa not take any offer at this point, and get those last few HR? He's at 588, just 12 HR from 600- which to my mind, juicing or no juicing, is a pretty huge plateau to shoot for and is tantalizingly close. He already knows McGwire is going to have a controversial HOF vote, seems like Sosa should want to get 600HR and make his voting just a tad easier for himself in 5 years. His agent must seriously suck, or has convinced Sammy that the Yankees are just about to call or something... Sosa's got plenty of money, the only reason to keep playing is to keep padding his stats, or for the love of the game. If that's the only offer he's gotten all winter, which I believe it is, he's either hanging up his spikes or hoping someone else picks him up for more money/better bonuses by spring training. Big risk to take, if you ask me- the only team that would give Sosa significant playing time at this point would be teams like the Nationals. He might as well take the contract from the Nationals, hope for a hot start and those 12 HR, then opt to walk away if he's tired of it.
posted by hincandenza at 06:03 PM on February 15, 2006
I always thought he was horrible with his over sized gloved,missing pop fly's in the sun...and he grew up playing where the sun shines 365 days a year.A total tool who no matter how many dingers he has,cheated...more than once.
posted by irishmic2004@sbcglobal.net at 06:05 PM on February 15, 2006
Hal, I think there are two possibilities: 1) Sosa believed (and it may be true -- reported on SI.com) that the Yanks want him to share DH duties with Bernie Williams, and would call if he declined the DC offer; or 2) Sosa thinks that another season of nothing stats in the new era of testing will lead to further speculation that he was juiced, and hurt (even more) his Hall of Fame chances. 500 is the magic home run number, not 600.
posted by BullpenPro at 06:12 PM on February 15, 2006
Enjoy retirement Sammy.