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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.
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.
He finished 1977 with four more wins, including a knockout in six in a rematch with Reyes Sosa.
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.
After the Club World Cup participation, Estudiantes finished second in the 2010 Clausura ( with local favorite José Sosa playing on loan ), and won the 2010 Apertura after a protracted battle against Vélez Sarsfield.
Sosa eventually became the NL MVP that season, even though Mark McGwire finished with 4 more home runs.

Sosa and career
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.
Sosa played with four Major League Baseball teams over his career which spanned from 1989 – 2007.
With the Rangers, Sosa hit his 600th career home run to become the fifth player in MLB history to reach the milestone.
Sosa has long been the subject of speculation about suspected anabolic steroid use during his playing career.
Sosa made his major league debut on June 16, 1989, with the Texas Rangers, and he hit first career home run off Roger Clemens.
Sosa did not make the original edition, but for the 2005 update, with his career totals considerably higher, he was ranked at Number 95.
On June 20, Sammy Sosa hit his 600th career home run against the Chicago Cubs at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
* April 4 – Sammy Sosa hits his 500th career home run off Cincinnati Reds pitcher Scott Sullivan in the seventh inning at Great American Ball Park, becoming only the 18th player in Major League Baseball history to hit 500 or more home runs, as well as the first Hispanic to do so.
This was his 610th career home run, moving him past Sammy Sosa into 7th place on the all-time list.
The film tells the story of a young man, Pedro Rojas ( Roberto Sosa ) starting his career as a Highway Patrolman in the rural north.
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.
During her long career in folk and protest music, Holly Near has worked with a wide array of musicians, including Ronnie Gilbert, Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Mercedes Sosa, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Meg ( Shambhavi ) Christian, Cris Williamson, Linda Tillery, Joan Baez, Phil Ochs, Harry Belafonte, and many others, as well as the Chilean exile group Inti-Illimani.
After injuries ended his playing career, Minaya joined the Texas Rangers ' scouting team in, where he helped in the signing of players such as Sammy Sosa and Juan González.
In 1967, searching for a solo career, he signed a small contract of two singles under the name of " Pepe Sosa ".
Lee showed early on that he could more than compensate for the loss, and while Sosa had a disappointing 2005 season with the Baltimore Orioles, Lee had a career year.

Sosa and with
Sammy Sosa was the captain of the Chicago Cubs during his tenure with the team.
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.
Sosa had perhaps his finest season and Jon Lieber led the staff with a 20 win season.
In 2003, he was part of an advertising campaign for Armour hot dogs with MLB players Ken Griffey, Jr., Derek Jeter, and Sammy Sosa.
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.
In 1990, Sosa batted. 233 with 15 home runs, 70 runs batted in, 10 triples, and 32 stolen bases.
Sosa batted. 260 with 8 home runs and 25 RBIs in his first season with the Cubs.
In 1992, Sosa batted. 261 with 33 home runs with 93 RBIs.
Sosa continued his success with the Cubs in 1996 as he batted. 273 with 40 home runs and 100 RBIs.
Despite hitting 36 home runs with 119 RBIs, Sosa batted just. 251.
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.
Sosa was honored with a ticker-tape parade in his honor in New York City, and he was invited to be a guest at US President Bill Clinton's 1999 State of the Union Address.
Sosa once again led the league in home runs with 49 in.
Sammy Sosa had three 60 + home run seasons with the Cubs (' 98, ' 99, & ' 01 )
In May, Sosa suffered an odd injury while sitting next to his locker chatting with reporters before a game in San Diego's PETCO Park.
Sosa in spring training with the Orioles in 2005.

Sosa and Baltimore
On January 28, 2005, the Cubs traded Sosa to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for infielder / outfielder Jerry Hairston, Jr., infielder Mike Fontenot, and RHP Dave Crouthers.

Sosa and Orioles
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.
* Jerry Hairston, Jr., second baseman and outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers ; first third-generation African-American major-leaguer ; one of three players traded by the Orioles for Sammy Sosa
Prior to the 2005 season, Hairston was traded to the Chicago Cubs ( along with Oriole prospects Mike Fontenot and David Crouthers ) for Sammy Sosa, thereby cementing Roberts's position as the Orioles ' starting second baseman.

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