As a huge Cubs fan, I really wish that the Ricket's family would just accept Sammy back to Cubs baseball. This guy was my hero when I was a kid, made me love baseball, and love the Cubs.
I went ballistic on the Ricketts on Kaplan's radio show the day after he did that interview with Sammy a couple of years ago. They're hypocrites, they've employed Manny Ramirez as a coach, they traded for a domestic abuser in Chapman and allowed Addison to come back after terrorizing his wife, but they don't have Sammy back? It's preposterous.
My favorite player of all time! Sammy LOVED his fans. I’m sick of all these people calling him a cheater and blah blah blah but he’s never tested positive and they forgive every singe player but why not Sammy? Sammy and mark SAVED baseball. Baseball was a dying sport but the home run chase brought so many fans and eyes to the sport
@@bartlettdan7128 I knew Sammy. Used to work out with him in fact. All I can speak to is the two years I knew him in his early career. He was a quiet guy, kept mostly to himself. He had a cannon of an arm and was dedicated to fitness. He was ripped before he allegedly took PEDs. I'm not saying what you wrote isn't or is true, I'm just talking about the guy I knew and I found him to be a pretty nice guy.
My idol growing up in the Dominican Republic. I remember watching WGN in the afternoon, always hoping Sammy would get another at bat. The streets will never forget.
I just wish Sammy's career would have made him young enough to play on the 2016 Cubs Championship team. It would have been the cherry on top of a fantastic year for Cub fans. I miss you Sammy ❤❤
@@futuregohan4837 While I like Kris Bryant I guarantee that Kris would have been taking hitting tips from Sosa. Kris Bryant will never hit 60 plus home runs in a season; three times. 1998 was a magical year in baseball. McGwire hit 70 he, Sosa hit 66. Dont think it'll happen again anytime soon
Sammy is the man! He will always be the man! His passion for the game was unmatched! The way he would sprint onto the field every game is my favorite pre game ritual of any player. Sammy put the Cubs on his back for years and made me grow into liking the Cubs all by himself. Still a die hard Sox fan though.
These were the daze .. baseball stadiums SOLD OUT ... filled to the brim . And people having fu. Pre 9/-11 days. Man !! I wish I could go back . Put Sammy in hall of Fame
@@mordecaiesther3591pre social media says you mean. I don’t believe 9/11 changed this as drastically as ppl think. Facebook, Instagram, and Onlyfans is when things went downhill
Good to hear Harry Carey voice in beginning. As a Cubs fan he was just fun to watch. He loved the game and made it exciting. He could hit some bombs. Great video
Sammy was my favorite Cubs players years before he took roids. A lot of people forget that he was one of the games best sluggers prior to the '98 season. The swing, the hop, it was all so exciting.
Him and Kerry Wood made me a Cubs fan in 1998. I was only 8 going on 9 that year. Just a special year of sports in my heart. I’ll never forget, and I will always cherish it. Never knew I’d like baseball cuz I was an NBA guy only. Sosa saved baseball. What a historical year.
He was attitude era The ROCK of MLB and he was the most electrifying player the sport has ever seen. MLB is a joke now because they ban guys but profit off them still. He did wrong and has paid for it over an over but for a poor kid from Arkansas this man was a icon. Never seen anyone move a crowd like that and the energy he produced was amazing. Thank you Slammin SAMMY SOSA.
Single handedly made the worst chicago team the most entertaining to watch. I can remember losing a game 11-1 to the rockies and Sammy hit a solo HR in the 9th. You would have thought we won the world series the way Wrigley erupted lol.
Maybe Chicago loved Sosa but the Cubs really hate him and did everything they can to make everybody forget him and never recognize his achievements..While the Giants celebrate every achivement and all the records that Barry Bonds set and retired the number Barry Bonds use as a player, the cubs never retired the number Sammy use as a Cub player...
Sammy was a good player. You could always count on him knocking them out into the street a few times during the game. when you him hit the ball, and do that one "hop" towards 1st base, you know that ball was gone. I also miss how Wrigley looked back then. Not like a circus like it does now.
3:09 when Sammy throws his signature deuces ✌🏼 that shits legendary. Idgaf if he or Big Mac took roids, who gives af, they saved baseball and made that era so much fuckin fun.
.I used to work at Wrigley and I walked out after a game as I was probably 16 years old me and my buddy Carl and yelled Sammy he was already in his car pulling out of the parking lot he backed up and signed a ball for me Sammy Sosa 30/30. And I'm a Sox fan but I always love Sammy Sosa great guy. And yes he did start with the White Sox but just a really great guy the character for him to stop his car back up and sign my baseball was very nice.
Favveeeee Carribean cuisine, favorite baseball team and player, favorite colors red white & blue, favorite jersey #21, favorite style pizza and food=hotdogs
Greatest momento in Dominican sport history . . -Sammy Sosa 66 hr in 1998 -al Horford and Karl towns in all star 2018 -felix Sanchez gold medal 2004 and 2012 -dr win world baseball classic 2013 -albert Pujols 600 hr club in MLB 2017
@Mike Calvin yeah, someone else already said that. and a lot of people say that. haters like you help the legend live on. sammy is a national icon in two countries.
To those of you who really care about sports teams in general, I had found a Chicago Cubs baseball shirt, ( OR JERSEY) that I just love to death to wear for GET THIS, 1 dollar a couple years ago. AWESOME SHIT RIGHT? HA HA HA!!!! AT SOME FLEA MARKET.
People don't want to admit this now, but when Sammy was THE most BELOVED CUB that EVER played! We bowed, we knelt, we chanted his name! He OWNED the city of Chicago!
He was such an icon...I love the Cubs and baseball because of Sammy...it's a damn shame he's not acknowledged by any organizations especially the Cubs for all he did for them...maybe when he dies they'll thank him smfh
Woshipped Sosa growing up, thought he was the best hitter and a charismatic guy. But nobody’s jaw/head and shoulders swell up the way his did without steroids, it just doesn’t happen.
As Steve Stone said, Sammy still had to hit the baseball. There have been many strong guys in MLB and they hit a few major bombs, but they couldn't do it consistently. Sammy also stole a lot of bases and hit for a good average in some years. Hitters cheated and pitchers cheated and as one person pointed out, there are guys from other eras who some claimed were cheaters in the HOF.
@@Schwedeballz That's not true. Bonds and Clemens were legends prior to cheating, and Sammy and McGuire were all stars prior to cheating. They were obviously good enough to play at a high level without roids.
that homerun hop out of the box is the most iconic move in baseball.
Sammy hop
@henrymanahan2764
It’s fuckin gay.
As a huge Cubs fan, I really wish that the Ricket's family would just accept Sammy back to Cubs baseball. This guy was my hero when I was a kid, made me love baseball, and love the Cubs.
I went ballistic on the Ricketts on Kaplan's radio show the day after he did that interview with Sammy a couple of years ago. They're hypocrites, they've employed Manny Ramirez as a coach, they traded for a domestic abuser in Chapman and allowed Addison to come back after terrorizing his wife, but they don't have Sammy back? It's preposterous.
Same here I loved Sosa growing up. He helped me love baseball
Same. Helped me to hate baseball too..
My favorite player of all time! Sammy LOVED his fans. I’m sick of all these people calling him a cheater and blah blah blah but he’s never tested positive and they forgive every singe player but why not Sammy? Sammy and mark SAVED baseball. Baseball was a dying sport but the home run chase brought so many fans and eyes to the sport
@@bartlettdan7128 I knew Sammy. Used to work out with him in fact. All I can speak to is the two years I knew him in his early career. He was a quiet guy, kept mostly to himself. He had a cannon of an arm and was dedicated to fitness. He was ripped before he allegedly took PEDs. I'm not saying what you wrote isn't or is true, I'm just talking about the guy I knew and I found him to be a pretty nice guy.
The greatest cub of all time. I am 35 and he is the only reason I like baseball.
Simple bro he’s no white
“I’ve never have a tested positive in this country”
Fr
My idol growing up in the Dominican Republic. I remember watching WGN in the afternoon, always hoping Sammy would get another at bat. The streets will never forget.
Facts
This man is from my country Republica Dominicana. He has given us so much to be proud of.
But he doesn't want to be dark, he's white now. You still proud?
The " Sammy Hop" ftw!
Fuckin legendary, his and Griffey got the best hr finishes
How is Sammy not part of some organization? He definitely made me fall in love with baseball and the Cubs.
Best season ever…..I still get chills 20 years later watching these memories….I taught my girls the Sammy hop…never will be another Sammy…..
Thankfully!
The most exciting and charismatic player I've seen!!
TheMAGNUUSS Griffey jr.?
TheMAGNUUSS manny ramirez?
Like McGwire, Ruth, and Bonds...they did not come out to hit singles. Sosa may have had the hardest swing in the history of MLB.
@@mrlaw711 Sheffield has gotta be up there too
Sammy sure knew how to get the crowd involved. He LOVED the attention.
I just wish Sammy's career would have made him young enough to play on the 2016 Cubs Championship team. It would have been the cherry on top of a fantastic year for Cub fans. I miss you Sammy ❤❤
Sosa Would've Backed Up Kris Bryant In The Power Department
@@futuregohan4837 While I like Kris Bryant I guarantee that Kris would have been taking hitting tips from Sosa. Kris Bryant will never hit 60 plus home runs in a season; three times. 1998 was a magical year in baseball. McGwire hit 70 he, Sosa hit 66. Dont think it'll happen again anytime soon
His energy was amazing! That one hop out of the box after he hit them will always be iconic!
Sammy is the man! He will always be the man! His passion for the game was unmatched! The way he would sprint onto the field every game is my favorite pre game ritual of any player. Sammy put the Cubs on his back for years and made me grow into liking the Cubs all by himself. Still a die hard Sox fan though.
I don't care if he cheated. He made baseball fun. Exciting times
These were the daze .. baseball stadiums SOLD OUT ... filled to the brim . And people having fu. Pre 9/-11 days. Man !! I wish I could go back . Put Sammy in hall of Fame
Yea he was great fun and I love the sammy hop after hr
@@mordecaiesther3591pre social media says you mean. I don’t believe 9/11 changed this as drastically as ppl think. Facebook, Instagram, and Onlyfans is when things went downhill
MLB used and showcased Sosa to the fullest extent in 1998. Absolute hypocrisy. Shame on MLB.
Shame on professional sports just in general
Shame on Sammy Sosa for being a cheating steroid abuser.
Dude shut up and get over it
Oh boo hoo lol
Good to hear Harry Carey voice in beginning. As a Cubs fan he was just fun to watch. He loved the game and made it exciting. He could hit some bombs. Great video
I Love Sammy Sosa !!!! Thank you for the memories !!!!
Mark of a great hitter: He could hit home runs to any part of any ballpark.
My favorite player growing up! Watching the games on wgn on the west coast, great time in baseball
The Best of Times, i miss it.
Sammy was my favorite Cubs players years before he took roids. A lot of people forget that he was one of the games best sluggers prior to the '98 season. The swing, the hop, it was all so exciting.
never tested positive for roids. it was the corked bat that he was caught with
@@roccos9777 he didn't need to test positive. It's common sense. Bonds didn't test positive either lol.
Him and Kerry Wood made me a Cubs fan in 1998. I was only 8 going on 9 that year. Just a special year of sports in my heart. I’ll never forget, and I will always cherish it. Never knew I’d like baseball cuz I was an NBA guy only. Sosa saved baseball. What a historical year.
He was attitude era The ROCK of MLB and he was the most electrifying player the sport has ever seen. MLB is a joke now because they ban guys but profit off them still. He did wrong and has paid for it over an over but for a poor kid from Arkansas this man was a icon. Never seen anyone move a crowd like that and the energy he produced was amazing. Thank you Slammin SAMMY SOSA.
Bonds was better! But my god, what a time to be a baseball fan! Every at bat was like a circus in St. Louis, Chicago and San Francisco!
These were great, great times.. I will never forget them..
Forever a Cub!!! Chicago loves you, Sammy!
I grew up watching and loving Sosa. It’s such a shame that he’s been shunned and forgotten. Dude was electrifying in his prime.
Single handedly made the worst chicago team the most entertaining to watch. I can remember losing a game 11-1 to the rockies and Sammy hit a solo HR in the 9th. You would have thought we won the world series the way Wrigley erupted lol.
Maybe Chicago loved Sosa but the Cubs really hate him and did everything they can to make everybody forget him and never recognize his achievements..While the Giants celebrate every achivement and all the records that Barry Bonds set and retired the number Barry Bonds use as a player, the cubs never retired the number Sammy use as a Cub player...
I remember I was a 9 year old kid back in 98 and I thought Sammy Sosa was the coolest guy ever. Now I have my own kid and I never mention Sosa to him.
Sammy el más grande de nuestros tiempos !!💪💪💪🇩🇴🇺🇸🇩🇴🇺🇸
Para mi en impacto social en el pais.
1-sammy sosa
2-pedro martinez
3-alex rodriguez
Sammy was a good player. You could always count on him knocking them out into the street a few times during the game. when you him hit the ball, and do that one "hop" towards 1st base, you know that ball was gone. I also miss how Wrigley looked back then. Not like a circus like it does now.
3:09 when Sammy throws his signature deuces ✌🏼 that shits legendary. Idgaf if he or Big Mac took roids, who gives af, they saved baseball and made that era so much fuckin fun.
.I used to work at Wrigley and I walked out after a game as I was probably 16 years old me and my buddy Carl and yelled Sammy he was already in his car pulling out of the parking lot he backed up and signed a ball for me Sammy Sosa 30/30. And I'm a Sox fan but I always love Sammy Sosa great guy. And yes he did start with the White Sox but just a really great guy the character for him to stop his car back up and sign my baseball was very nice.
Love seeing the bare brick wall backdrop at Wrigley sans advertising. The good ole days.
Who thinks it is better because of Ricketts? No one! He wanted his cash cow, got the World Series, and shut down the team at that point.
@@mrlaw711 World Series??? Lmao what World Series?? They haven't been in a World Series since 1945 and they haven't won it since 1908.
The great Sammy 🇩🇴🇩🇴
🇭🇹
When I was a little kid I used to mimic that hop he does every time I hit the ball well lol
When sammy was the main dominican show player so amagazin
Still love Slammin Sammy! I don’t care if he took roids…because those years were the most exciting years I have ever seen in MLB👏🏽
Sammy is the king of baseball.
Sosa owned right field . When you see the hop it’s out the park!
Favveeeee Carribean cuisine, favorite baseball team and player, favorite colors red white & blue, favorite jersey #21, favorite style pizza and food=hotdogs
Greatest momento in Dominican sport history .
.
-Sammy Sosa 66 hr in 1998
-al Horford and Karl towns in all star 2018
-felix Sanchez gold medal 2004 and 2012
-dr win world baseball classic 2013
-albert Pujols 600 hr club in MLB 2017
Sammy Sosa. My Favorite of all time. Period
Thank you for this.
I've seen a lot of baseball. I've never seen any hitter more locked in over a season than Sammy was in 1998. He was a terror.
Stop disrespecting this man he made the cubs relevant from 93-04 honor him and retire #21
Astros
@Lburg could argue the club knew and if never caught they would’ve retired his number but its cus he got caught
Cubs haven't been relevant since 04. Really sad. 😥
@@musicman76enator 💯
Thanks MLB Vault!
One of the greats
One of the great steroid players.
@Mike Calvin one of the greatest to ever play the game!
@Mike Calvin yeah, someone else already said that. and a lot of people say that. haters like you help the legend live on.
sammy is a national icon in two countries.
@Mike Calvin sosa, bonds, and mcgwire (you spelled it wrong) are some of the best to ever do it along with the other names you mentioned
Sammy Sosa is the reason why I started watching the Chicago Cubs, couldn’t wait to get home and turn the tv to WGN for his at-bats.
I always did that hop as a kid
To those of you who really care about sports teams in general, I had found a Chicago Cubs baseball shirt, ( OR JERSEY) that I just love to death to wear for GET THIS, 1 dollar a couple years ago. AWESOME SHIT RIGHT? HA HA HA!!!! AT SOME FLEA MARKET.
Wow my favorite player!!
Sosa & McGuire like Magic & Bird
"Behball been bery good to me..." - Sammy Sosa
My favorite cub of all time
People don't want to admit this now, but when Sammy was THE most BELOVED CUB that EVER played! We bowed, we knelt, we chanted his name! He OWNED the city of Chicago!
3:56 Sammy doesn’t need andro hahah
He was such an icon...I love the Cubs and baseball because of Sammy...it's a damn shame he's not acknowledged by any organizations especially the Cubs for all he did for them...maybe when he dies they'll thank him smfh
Yo no soy pelotero pero me gusta la pelota cuando Sammy la saca todo el mundo se alborota
The Reason I Root For The Cubs
Sammy Sosa. 🔥
Super hero kind of aura to him when I watched him as a kid nobody in the game has the starpower today that Sosa had
Sammy hitting homers onto waveland avenue was always a great night
Sosaaa🐐
One of the best, ver y exiting to see him play
Dude, he carried a shitty team that was always in the 4-5th spot for 15 or so years. I don’t care if he cheated. Hes a hall of famer in my eyes.
Me as Sammy Sosa 1992
I miss Chip’s “SWUNG ON BELTED”
The great Sammy Sosa..
There’s two things that I think people don’t remember about 1998:
1: Sammy was in a playoff race
2: Mark Grace hit in the 4 slot
Man, I miss the late 90s early 00s Dominican power hitters….
Sammy “The man” Sosa! 💪🏾….I mean 💪🏻
He is not in the hall famer cuz they just hate him he never gave positive on his drug test
They didn't HAVE drug tests then... lol
He went from 36 home, 40 and, 36 home runs to 66 in the steroid year 1998. Hmm. And a bat that was corked lol
@@ADM-wt9cn and he looked jacked with a ballon face. Ray Charles could even see it.
You just had to be there in '98
That sound off the bat as different.
Good Morning Virginia...Thanks Salim
El hombre que puso a soñar a dominicana y todo chicago
Plátano Power. Sammy Sosa. Dominican Republic 👏👏👏
We're a mile above sea level
I miss the hop and also him sprinting out to RF.
Favorite
Sammy sosa es el más famoso de todos los tiempos
Woshipped Sosa growing up, thought he was the best hitter and a charismatic guy. But nobody’s jaw/head and shoulders swell up the way his did without steroids, it just doesn’t happen.
McGwire vs Sosa in the late 90s saved baseball
El mejor 🇩🇴
They neglected to mention his home runs in the 2003 NLCS.
All that charisma all those drugs yeah yeah
They both smashed Maris's record
0:36 Matt Vasgersian?
Blake Pettys yea that’s him
🐐🐐🐐
And every home run was hit with a corked bat. Lol.
Everyone was juicing in the bigs back then, Sosa is one of the GOATs regardless.
As Steve Stone said, Sammy still had to hit the baseball. There have been many strong guys in MLB and they hit a few major bombs, but they couldn't do it consistently. Sammy also stole a lot of bases and hit for a good average in some years. Hitters cheated and pitchers cheated and as one person pointed out, there are guys from other eras who some claimed were cheaters in the HOF.
@@swordedegl doesn’t matter. If they were good enough they wouldn’t have needed to cheat.
No not everyone. There were lots of guys who were not juiced.
@@Schwedeballz That's not true. Bonds and Clemens were legends prior to cheating, and Sammy and McGuire were all stars prior to cheating. They were obviously good enough to play at a high level without roids.
@@williamkoscielniak7871 if that was true, then they wouldn’t have taken them, yet they did.
The way the ball flys off his bat just looks different
He was definitely slamming 💉
#LegalizeSteriods
Back when Sammy was melanated
I wonder who lives in those houses when he hits the home runs lol
Swung on Belted! Fuckin Chip caray
is crazy how cubs just try disappear the reason most people my age are their fans.
This man should be in the Hall of Fame
These camera guys were only cared about the ball, one of the best home run celebrations is Sammy Sosa’s jump off the plate once he knows its gone.
I tested positive for Roids just watching this.
F U
Got clean
Wtf?? I thought Sammy Sosa was white??
It's only he didn't get caught with that corked bat
Sammy the cork user
Who will be the next player in MLB to hit over 60 homers in a season three times?