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.

Sammy Sosa tied Greenberg's mark in 1998.

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.

Instead, it was 1927 Le Mans winner, S. C. H. " Sammy " Davis who was brought in as a track design advisor in July 1946 although the layout was partly dictated by the existing roads.

Styne established his own dance band, which brought him to the notice of Hollywood, where he was championed by Frank Sinatra and where he began a collaboration with lyricist Sammy Cahn, with whom he wrote many songs for the movies, including " It's Been a Long, Long Time " (# 1 for 3 weeks for Harry James and His Orchestra in 1945 ), " Five Minutes More ," and the Oscar-winning " Three Coins in the Fountain ".

It was during that season, that Cubs announcer Chip Caray nicknamed him " Slammin ' Sammy ," a nickname that quickly spread.

Pro Bowl running back Sammy Winder was the Broncos ' top rusher with 789 yards and 9 touchdowns, while also catching 26 passes for another 171 yards and 5 touchdowns.

Running back Sammy Winder was the leading rusher with 741 yards and six touchdowns, while fullback Gene Lang rushed for 304 yards and caught 17 receptions.

The most notable accomplishment achieved during the Redskins ' 1943 season was Sammy Baugh leading the NFL in passing, punting, and interceptions.

Dropping back into the end zone, quarterback Sammy Baugh threw to an open receiver, but the ball hit the goal post ( which at the time was on the goal line instead of at the back of the end zone ) and bounced back to the ground in the end zone.

Charles Townsend, his batting partner when he reached the milestone, said that as he approached his hundred: " This was the one and only time I ever saw him flustered ..." Eventually Sammy Woods bowled a full toss which Grace drove for four to reach his century.

A second take was quickly made with minimal accompaniment while Sammy Davis, Jr. waited outside the studio for his turn behind the microphone.

Snead's nickname was " Slammin ' Sammy " and he was admired by many for having the so-called " perfect swing ," which generated many imitators.

Pete Sampras was born in Potomac, Maryland, and is the third child of Sammy and Georgia Sampras, both of Greek origin.

His first professional match was a loss to Sammy Giammalva, Jr. at the February Ebel U. S. Pro Indoor in Philadelphia.

In addition to Quincy Jones, Basie was using arrangers such as Benny Carter ( Kansas City Suite ), Neal Hefti ( The Atomic Mr Basie ), and Sammy Nestico ( Basie-Straight Ahead ).

Other notable guest stars included: Cesar Romero as Chico's absentee father ; Tony Orlando as Chico's look-alike, the ex-fiance of a hostile woman he wants to date ; José Feliciano, who wrote the theme song, as Chico's womanizing famous-singer cousin Pepe Fernando ; Sammy Davis Jr. as himself ; Herbie Faye appeared as Bernie in the 1975 episode " Louie's Retirement "; Shelley Winters ( reuniting with Albertson, with whom she'd costarred in The Poseidon Adventure ) as the owner of the local bakery, Shirley Schrift ( her real name ); Jim Backus as Ed's friend who uses him as a " beard "— pretending to be playing cards with him when cheating on his wife ( Audra Lindley ); silent-film actress Carmel Myers as a former star who has fallen on hard times, brings in her car for repairs, and stays in the garage while looking for work ; George Takei as Ed's supposed long-lost son from his time in Japan during World War II ; Cesare Danova as Aunt Connie's Spanish aristocrat boyfriend, the Count de Catalan, in the second episode in which she appeared ; comedian Joey Bishop as an inept robber ; Bernie Kopell as a plastic surgeon ; Rose Marie as a CB radio enthusiast with whom a lonely Ed connects on New Year's Eve ; Penny Marshall, as a waitress ; football star Rosey Grier as himself, Della's date for a charity benefit dance ; Larry Hovis as a customer in the second episode of the first season ; and Jim Jordan ( of radio's Fibber McGee and Molly ) as a mechanic who used to be a big businessman, until he was victimized by his own company's retirement-age mandate ).

), a hip take on the Lewis Carroll story that featured Sammy Davis, Jr. as a swingin ', beatnik Cheshire Cat ; the special was followed up by an audio adaptation for records ( on Hanna-Barbera's HB Records label ), but with Davis exclusive to the Reprise label, Crothers provided the Cat's record voice, and an even more exuberant spin on the character.

The Gunga Din character was played in this film by Sammy Davis, Jr ..

The romance theme was later given lyrics, and became the pop standard " Smile ", first recorded by Nat King Cole and later covered by artists as Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Trini Lopez, Eric Clapton, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Michael Bublé, Petula Clark, Liberace, Judy Garland, Madeleine Peyroux, Plácido Domingo and Dionne Warwick, Michael Jackson and Robert Downey, Jr. ( included on the soundtrack for the film Chaplin ).