Comments on: Cubs open to repairing relationship with Sammy Sosa http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Thu, 23 May 2013 05:28:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: cur68 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429588 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:38:14 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429588 Fire away. You wouldn’t hear about it from anyone that mattered.

]]> By: historiophiliac http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429578 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:46:41 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429578 I’d make a joke that he was referring to George W. Bush literacy, but I’m pretty sure I’d hear it from a bunch of dudes on here for that.

]]> By: bobwsc http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429521 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:57:42 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429521 wow, you played with him? tell us, what was that like?

]]> By: cur68 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429510 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:26:13 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429510 Ironical statement of the day. Is your shift key broken? Since you managed to use it for “Cubs” &, for some reason, “Bush” , I guess not. Why don’t you try it out when you start a sentence? That way when you critique the writing of others it won’t look like you barely made it out 6th grade.

]]> By: historiophiliac http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429503 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:56:05 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429503 I think some little lion man is cranky cuz he can’t pull off ochre with class.

]]> By: paperlions http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429435 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:06:10 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429435 Exactly, same reason that historio isn’t repulsed by that sweater.

]]> By: whitdog23 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429427 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:59:26 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429427 do any Cubs fans know how to proof-read before sending their comment? geez this is Bush League reading

]]> By: jwbiii http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429411 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 05:12:55 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429411 My bad. I read that as “got to a world series.”

]]> By: jwbiii http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429400 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 04:22:25 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429400 I think you’d be down to Phil Cavarretta. He’s 94 and probably doesn’t travel much these days.

]]> By: hojo20 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429384 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 02:32:47 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429384 Invite him to Wrigley,….to clean the urinals. That piece of trash deserves no adulation.

]]> By: t205cobb http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429381 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 02:26:22 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429381 He cheated! Don’t let him back! At LEAST not until baseball lets Pete Rose back in.

]]> By: mazblast http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429369 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:05:35 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429369 Are things that bad for the Cubs that they have to reach out to this guy, a known cheater and scumbag who literally walked out on his teammates?

C’mon, I thought the signing of Theo The Boy Genius was supposed to initiate the dawning of the Age of Aquarius for the Cubs, with harmony and understanding, sympathy and trust abounding…

]]> By: djpostl http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429364 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:08:47 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429364 Why bother?

The dude was a prima donna, a phony, a bad teammate and a cheat. No need to have anything to do with him.

]]> By: ezthinking http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429363 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:06:42 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429363 or Ernie Banks, Ron Santo, Ryan Sandberg,…..

]]> By: 11thstreetmafia http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429360 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:59:49 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429360 I cheered for Sammy a lot and I can never forget that. As a Cubs fan, a long time can go by without having much to cheer for. So, yeah he juiced and apparently is kind of a weird guy but he gave us fans of the NorthSiders something to actually cheer for. At the very least, I can thank him for that.

]]> By: vallewho http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429355 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:23:20 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429355 Sammy is using his new vampire skills. Glamoured Tom Ricketts. check.

]]> By: historiophiliac http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429352 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:42:08 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429352 See? They couldn’t resist the sweater.

]]> By: misterchainbluelightning http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429348 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:36:10 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429348 Because Sosa was stupid enough to think it was giving him an advantage. Even though he was actually hurting his power by corking. Making an effort to cheat, even if it’s a complete failure is still Bush league.

]]> By: charlescub80 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429346 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:32:55 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429346 Sorry donda my comments flew over your head. You said you lost respect when he used a corked bat opposed to juicing. Wouldn’t it be ” BUSH league” the fact he was juicing? For example, bush league is like stealing signs, or tipping pitches. If there is no advantage how is it bush?

]]> By: raysfan1 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429341 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:19:24 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429341 Since 1970 there have been 6 players suspended for corking bats. Others have claimed to only use them in practice. Phil Garner was never suspended but did admit using one in a game, after his career. Norm Cash also supposedly used one. A couple years ago there was a pretty convincing article on Deadspin about Pete Rose using one.
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/06/08/the-story-of-pete-roses-corked-bat/

None of that says you should start respecting Sosa again. I do think though that this form of cheating may well have been a lot more common than generally known.

]]> By: dondada10 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429339 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:18:19 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429339 Yes, corking your bat is bush league. What are we arguing about?

]]> By: charlescub80 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429338 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:16:18 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429338 Corking your bat is bush? An advantage that isn’t an advantage. What am I saying you ask? A corked bat does NOT make the ball travel a greater distance. Therefore, will not make you hit more home runs. I’m sure if you google it you can find it if you don’t believe me. If he wanted to increase his bat speed he just needed to use a lighter bat. However, I am not saying Sammy was the brightest bulb down the street.

]]> By: charlescub80 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429335 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:02:52 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429335 Isn’t it a little odd that people don’t realize baseball players have ALWAYS looked for competitive advantages? It’s as old as baseball itself. People seem to forget who put baseball back on the map. Right or wrong Sosa and McGwire can’t be wiped away like it didn’t happen. Baseball looked the other way while it was happening and is looking the other way now. I also wish it didn’t happen, it did, it’s about time time to move on.

]]> By: shwoogy1 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429329 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:21:50 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429329 Just let him come back. You and everyone else knew he was roiding when he was hitting all of those home runs and didn’t say anything then. So just let it go and let him in.

]]> By: dondada10 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429327 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:20:29 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429327 For me, the corked bat thing was where I lost respect for Sammy.

Everybody was juicing. Corking your bat is bush.

]]> By: dayaman http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429326 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:18:45 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429326 why??? not like they won a world series w/ him…

]]> By: dbarnes79 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/20/cubs-open-to-repairing-relationship-with-sammy-sosa/comment-page-1/#comment-429325 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:07:24 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293364#comment-429325 White Sammy Sosa or black Sammy Sosa?

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