However, they eventually ended up in the relegation play-off against Genoa, due to a late Inter Milan goal assisted by a Rubén Sosa corner, which they won on penalties.

After three seasons with the Chicago White Sox, Sosa became a member of the Chicago Cubs in 1992 and subsequently became one of the league's best hitters.

By playing for the 2005 Orioles alongside fellow 500-home-run batter Rafael Palmeiro, Sosa and Palmeiro became the first 500 home run club members in history to play together on the same team after reaching the 500 home run plateau.

Sosa became only the fifth man in history, following Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, and Barry Bonds, to hit 600 regular season home runs.

In Argentina Mercedes Sosa became a prominent exponent of the musical style in the 1960s, although her first album was recorded in 1959.

Traditional folk music became increasingly important during the protest movement against the military dictatorship and the community divisions of the 1970s, with artists like Mercedes Sosa and Atahualpa Yupanqui, contributing to the development of nueva canción.

In the 1920s, areas of the borough became a magnet for artists and intellectuals after being promoted by Francisco Sosa.

Mario Morales became " El Quijote " ( was better known by his nickname than by his real name ), José Sosa " El Galgo " ( The Greyhound ), Angel " Cachorro " Santiago " El Orgullo del Caserio " ( The Pride of the Housing Projects ), Hector " El Mago " Blondet ( The Magician ), Rolando Frazier " El Principe " ( The Prince ), Mario Butler " El Expreso Panameño " ( The Panamanian Express ), Ruben Rodriguez " Sharp Shooter ", and Martín Ansa got the nickname " El Señor " from Morales.

With her roots in Argentine folk music, Sosa became one of the preeminent exponents of nueva canción.

In the ensuing years, the club had irregular results, and became known mostly as the breeding ground for strikers such as Martín Palermo, Luciano Galletti, Bernardo Romeo, Ernesto Farías and Mariano Pavone, as well as other quality players such as José Ernesto Sosa and Pablo Piatti.

In September 2008, Dominican model Arlenis Sosa became the spokesmodel for the brand.

On June 8, after pitching eight shutout innings, Sosa became the first Mets pitcher in team history to win six of his first seven starts with the team.

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

He was named the NL Silver Slugger Award winner for the third base position, and he finished fourth in NL Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) voting, behind Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, and Luis Gonzalez.

** Sammy Sosa, Chicago Cubs, OF ( NL )

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.

Sosa had perhaps his finest season and Jon Lieber led the staff with a 20 win season.

Furthermore, Sosa is one of only two National League players to ever reach 160 RBIs in a season, a milestone he reached in 2001.

Sosa is the only player to have hit 60 or more home runs in a single season three times.

Sosa started the 1991 season by hitting 2 home runs and driving in 5 runs.

Sosa batted. 260 with 8 home runs and 25 RBIs in his first season with the Cubs.

It was in this season that both Sosa and Mark McGwire were involved in the " home run record chase ", when both players ' prowess for hitting home runs drew national attention as they attempted to pass Roger Maris ' single season home run mark of 61 home runs that had stood since.

Sosa ended the season with 66 ( still a team record ), behind McGwire's 70.

Sosa wore the iconic # 21 with the Cubs in honor of his childhood idol Roberto Clemente Also in 1998, Sosa's 416 total bases were the most in a single season since Stan Musial's 429 in.

In the season, Sosa hit 63 home runs, again trailing Mark McGwire who hit 65.

Sosa finished the season with 40 home runs, and he hit two more in the 2003 NLCS against the Florida Marlins, but overall, the Cubs lost the series in seven games.

According to the New York Times of June 16, 2009, Sosa had also tested positive for steroids at some point during the season.

Sosa requested to sit out the last game of the season, which was at home against the Atlanta Braves, and he left Wrigley Field early in the game.

Under the deal, Sosa earned $ 17, 875, 000 for the 2005 season, with the Cubs paying $ 7 million of his salary.

Sosa finished the 2005 season batting. 221 with 14 home runs, his worst performance since 1992, and continuing his post-2001 trend of declines in batting average, homers, total bases, and RBI.

On May 28,, Sosa announced that he instructed his agent not to offer his services to any Major League team for the 2008 season, and planned on filing for retirement, but never did.

In 1998, Henderson and Valenzuela were gone, but newly acquired ( from the 1997 World Series champion Florida Marlins ) pitcher Kevin Brown had a sensational year ( his only one with the Padres ) and outfielder / slugger Greg Vaughn bounced back after a poor 1997 season and hit 50 home runs ( overlooked in that season of the Mark McGwire-Sammy Sosa race ).

Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa dedicated each of his 66 home runs that season to Caray.

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.

The death of the New Governor, a change of position decided in Spain, Lope de Sosa, in 1520 before even landing and taking possession, the expeditions with military garrisons after from Panamá and Nata, to reduce the " disorders " promoted by Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, a. k. a. Francisco Fernández de Córdoba, the diversion from New Governor of Castilla del Oro since 1526, now, more or less Panamá, Pedro de los Ríos, getting a nomination for himself as a new Governor of Nicaragua in 1527 tell us about the utmost energy of this Spanish " converso " family background man, already approaching his nineties.

As noted by Mercedes Sosa, with regard to " Gracias a la Vida ", Parra's music was, though about " simple things ", always " prophetic and true ".

Sosa caught fire in June, hitting a major league record 20 home runs in the month, and his home run race with Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire transformed the pair into international superstars in a matter of weeks.

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.

In 1998, Sosa and Mark McGwire achieved national fame for their home run-hitting prowess in pursuit of Roger Maris ' home run record.

Previously, Sosa sat alongside Rafael Palmeiro, Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire at a 2005 hearing before Congress.

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

He won the AL Silver Slugger award, but his comeback was missed by most fans because of the home run race in the National League between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.

* Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa each chase the home run record set previously by Roger Maris in 1961.

Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals was also honored twice, but shared his second award with Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs.

He had three seasons with at least 100 runs batted in, and four with 30 or more home runs-including the legendary season, when he hit 50 to finish 4th in the major leagues behind Ken Griffey, Jr., Sammy Sosa, and Mark McGwire, who set the home run record that season.

He also believes that Roger Maris should still be considered the single-season home run record holder at 61 because of steroid accusations towards players such as Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.

* Mark McGwire vs. Sammy Sosa

" 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.

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.

* Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey, Jr. and Greg Vaughn all hit 30 home runs before the All-Star break ( the first time four players had done so in the same season ) and engage in a historic chase for Roger Maris's single-season record of 61 home runs.

Finishing his relationship with Strictly Rhythm, Morillo took the advice of Strictly Rhythm owner Mark Finkelstein, whom Morillo calls “ a fair person and a business mentor ”, and decided to the launch the Double Platinum management company in 1997 with fellow DJs and producers José Nunez, Harry Choo Choo Romero, Carlos Sosa ( aka “ DJ Sneak ”), and Junior Sanchez, and his own imprint, Subliminal Records.

In 1998, the teams were connected by the Mark McGwire-Sammy Sosa home run race, credited by many with revitalizing the sport following the players ' strike which cancelled the 1994 World Series and the first part of the 1995 season.

MMS pairs are so named because in 1998 the baseball players Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa both hit their 62nd home runs for the season, passing the old record of 61, held by Roger Maris.

In, as Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa surpassed Roger Maris ’ single season home run record, Pappas admitted that he threw nothing but fastballs to Maris in giving up Roger ’ s 59th home run in.