Sammy Sosa was the captain of the Chicago Cubs during his tenure with the team.

After the retirement of Sandberg and the trade of Dunston, the Cubs had holes to fill and the signing of Henry Rodriguez, known affectionately at " H-Rod " to bat cleanup provided protection for Sammy Sosa in the lineup, as Rodriguez slugged 31 round-trippers in his first season in Chicago.

Despite the fact that the Cubs had won 89 games, this fallout was decidedly unlovable, as the Cubs traded superstar Sammy Sosa after he had left the season's final game early and then lied about it publicly.

He matched what was then the single-season home run record by a right-handed batter, ( Jimmy Foxx, 1932 ); the mark would stand for 66 years until it was broken by Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire.

On August 15, Thome hit 599th and 600th homerun at Comerica Park to become the eighth player in Major League history to hit 600 homeruns, joining Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr., and Alex Rodriguez.

* 1968 – Sammy Sosa, Dominican baseball player

Sammy Sosa wore # 21 throughout his career as a tribute to his childhood hero.

On June 21, 1989, Clemens surrendered the first of 609 home runs in the career of Sammy Sosa.

In 2003, he was part of an advertising campaign for Armour hot dogs with MLB players Ken Griffey, Jr., Derek Jeter, and Sammy Sosa.

Samuel Peralta " Sammy " Sosa ( born November 12, 1968 ) is a Dominican former professional baseball right fielder.

Sammy Sosa had three 60 + home run seasons with the Cubs (' 98, ' 99, & ' 01 )

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The Rangers later added reliever Éric Gagné and veteran outfielders Kenny Lofton and Sammy Sosa on short-term deals.

On June 20, Sammy Sosa hit his 600th career home run against the Chicago Cubs at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

Players such as Barry Bonds, Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa, and Alex Rodriguez.

** Sammy Sosa, Dominican Major League Baseball player

Mays is one of five National League players to have had eight consecutive 100-RBI seasons, along with Mel Ott, Sammy Sosa, Chipper Jones and Albert Pujols.

* Most Passing Titles, Career-6 ( tied w / Sammy Baugh )

His 49 home runs were a Dodgers single-season record, but only tied for 4th in the league, behind Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, and Luis González.

In the fourth quarter, the Browns drove 87 yards and tied the score with Kosar's 4-yard touchdown pass to Webster Slaughter, but it was countered by Elway's 20-yard touchdown pass to running back Sammy Winder with 4 minutes left in the game.

Many artists made their mark with pop standards, particularly interpreters like Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Frankie Laine, Nat King Cole ( originally known for his jazz piano virtuosity ), Lena Horne, Tony Bennett, Vic Damone, Johnny Mathis, Barbra Streisand, Peggy Lee, Sammy Davis, Jr., Mel Tormé, Sarah Vaughan, Eydie Gormé, Andy Williams, Nancy Wilson, Jack Jones, Rita Reys, Steve Lawrence and Cleo Laine.

On September 24, 2010, Rodriguez hit two home runs, surpassing Sammy Sosa's mark of 609 HRs, and became the all-time leader in home runs by a player of Hispanic descent.

He also completed 64. 9 percent of his passes which at the time was the highest mark since Sammy Baugh.

Horner's record stood until 1998 when Sammy Sosa hit a grand slam, the 248th home run of his career, to surpass Horner's mark.

In Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man, Sammy sneaks into Heather's Halloween party by posing as Dot's cousin, and added a fake beauty mark to make it more " convincing ".

McFarlane bought at auction multiple balls from Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa's 1998 race to establish a record for the greatest number of home runs hit in a single season.

* Sammy Angott ( 1998 )

* Sammy Mandell ( 1998 )

Concerning the group's reputation for womanizing and heavy drinking, Joey Bishop stated in a 1998 interview: " I never saw Frank, Dean, Sammy, or Peter drunk during performances.

He has also played leading roles in English-speaking Indian films, including 6 Merchant Ivory productions-The Householder, Shakespeare-Wallah, Bombay Talkie, Heat and Dust and as supporting actor in The Deceivers ( 1987 ), Side Streets ( 1998 ) and played the lead hero in other English films Pretty Polly ( 1967 ), Siddhartha ( 1972 ), Sammy and Rosie Get Laid ( 1987 ), Muhafiz ( 1994 ) and was part of Gulliver's Travels ( 1996 ), Jinnah ( 1998 ) as a supporting crew.

His accomplishment of 61 home runs in a season, which was greatly debated in its own time, came back to the forefront in 1998, when the record was broken by both Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.

Kevin Brown's tenure with the Padres during the 1998 season was somewhat marred when the San Diego fans chose to cheer slugger Sammy Sosa during his home run chase along with Mark McGwire.

) 56 home runs stood as the NL record until the 1998 season, when it was broken by Sammy Sosa ( 66 ) and Mark McGwire ( 70 ).

* 1998: Sammy Sosa, Chicago Cubs

" From left to right: bat used by Babe Ruth to hit his 60th home run during the 1927 season, bat used by Roger Maris to hit his 61st home run during the 1961 season, bat used by Mark McGwire to hit his 70th home run during the 1998 season, and the bat used by Sammy Sosa for his 66th home run during the same season.

The station's first broadcast was on 26 May 1998 with guest Sammy McIlroy, then manager of the Macclesfield Town football club.

* Sammy Duet – guitars ( 1998 – 2002 ) ( Acid Bath, Goatwhore )

Lupica also wrote The Summer of ’ 98: When Homers Flew, Records Fell, and Baseball Reclaimed America, which detailed how the 1998 and the Mark McGwire / Sammy Sosa home run chase had allowed him to share a love for baseball with his son.

* Exiled: A Law & Order Movie ( 1998 ) ( TV ) .... Detective Sammy Kurtz

DJ Sammy started his music career in 1984 in the dance clubs of Mallorca, playing gigs at clubs such as Alexandra's ( rebuilt around 1998 / 99 and renamed to Boomerang's ), Banana's and Zorba's.

In June 1998, DJ Sammy released his debut album, Life Is Just a Game.

The baseball team, under the late Coach Sammy Dunn, won nine state titles in the highest division of competition, including seven straight from 1994 – 2000 and the 1998 national championship.

# Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief ( April 1998 )

# Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man ( August 1998 )

Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief won the 1998 Edgar Award for Best Children's Mystery.

* The Wedding Singer ( 1998 ) – Sammy

Givens graduated from Humble High School in Humble, Texas in 1998, the same high school as fellow NFL players David Boston, Bertrand Berry, and Sammy Davis.