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.

@joeblough261

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@taylorkrohn7070

Жыл бұрын

Same here I loved Sosa growing up. He helped me love baseball

@codyj9983

11 ай бұрын

Same. Helped me to hate baseball too..

that homerun hop out of the box is the most iconic move in baseball.

@geraldperrilliat6687

11 ай бұрын

Sammy hop

@w6p7a

9 ай бұрын

@henrymanahan2764 It’s fuckin gay.

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.

@yusufabdullah5008

Жыл бұрын

Facts

This man is from my country Republica Dominicana. He has given us so much to be proud of.

How is Sammy not part of some organization? He definitely made me fall in love with baseball and the Cubs.

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

@Geotubest

5 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@mikedery3563

4 жыл бұрын

The greatest cub of all time. I am 35 and he is the only reason I like baseball.

@Manuel-Alejandro3189

4 жыл бұрын

Simple bro he’s no white

@tyrone2600

3 жыл бұрын

“I’ve never have a tested positive in this country”

@tty9992

3 жыл бұрын

Fr

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…..

@williamcampbell2656

Ай бұрын

Thankfully!

The " Sammy Hop" ftw!

@dj_6ix20two6

2 жыл бұрын

Fuckin legendary, his and Griffey got the best hr finishes

The most exciting and charismatic player I've seen!!

@jaxn_d9431

4 жыл бұрын

TheMAGNUUSS Griffey jr.?

@alhenyfuentes1889

4 жыл бұрын

TheMAGNUUSS manny ramirez?

@mrlaw711

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@bigdoinks69

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrlaw711 Sheffield has gotta be up there too

@williamkoscielniak7871

2 жыл бұрын

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 ❤❤

@futuregohan4837

4 жыл бұрын

Sosa Would've Backed Up Kris Bryant In The Power Department

@geraldjacob9390

4 жыл бұрын

@@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!

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 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

@mordecaiesther3591

3 жыл бұрын

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

@nicholasdepina2944

3 жыл бұрын

Yea he was great fun and I love the sammy hop after hr

@LallanAlexHockstetter

8 ай бұрын

@@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

I Love Sammy Sosa !!!! Thank you for the memories !!!!

MLB used and showcased Sosa to the fullest extent in 1998. Absolute hypocrisy. Shame on MLB.

@Davidjon1946

Жыл бұрын

Shame on professional sports just in general

@sirissac234

11 ай бұрын

Shame on Sammy Sosa for being a cheating steroid abuser.

@jaySean0000

9 ай бұрын

Dude shut up and get over it

@lightingbolt8148

9 ай бұрын

Oh boo hoo lol

Mark of a great hitter: He could hit home runs to any part of any ballpark.

@SheepofChrist818

Жыл бұрын

Would they all have been home runs without the juice?

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.

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.

My favorite player growing up! Watching the games on wgn on the west coast, great time in baseball

@rogeliofernandezjimenez3053

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@roccos9777

5 жыл бұрын

never tested positive for roids. it was the corked bat that he was caught with

4 жыл бұрын

@@roccos9777 he didn't need to test positive. It's common sense. Bonds didn't test positive either lol.

These were great, great times.. I will never forget them..

Thank you for this.

Forever a Cub!!! Chicago loves you, Sammy!

@conradwilk1425

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@mikedery3563

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@cesarantonioterrerosanchez9627

4 жыл бұрын

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...

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.

@BadCountryRanch

Жыл бұрын

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!

.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.

Sammy el más grande de nuestros tiempos !!💪💪💪🇩🇴🇺🇸🇩🇴🇺🇸

@antoniramonmolina727

3 жыл бұрын

Para mi en impacto social en el pais. 1-sammy sosa 2-pedro martinez 3-alex rodriguez

Thanks MLB Vault!

The great Sammy 🇩🇴🇩🇴

@dsavage6618

2 жыл бұрын

🇭🇹

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 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.

Sosa owned right field . When you see the hop it’s out the park!

Love seeing the bare brick wall backdrop at Wrigley sans advertising. The good ole days.

@mrlaw711

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@musicman76enator

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

Wow my favorite player!!

One of the best, ver y exiting to see him play

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.

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

Favveeeee Carribean cuisine, favorite baseball team and player, favorite colors red white & blue, favorite jersey #21, favorite style pizza and food=hotdogs

Sammy is the king of baseball.

When sammy was the main dominican show player so amagazin

Sammy Sosa. My Favorite of all time. Period

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.

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

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

Sosa & McGuire like Magic & Bird

My favorite cub of all time

One of the greats

@vibra64

5 жыл бұрын

One of the great steroid players.

@bv6377

4 жыл бұрын

@Mike Calvin one of the greatest to ever play the game!

@bv6377

4 жыл бұрын

@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.

@bv6377

4 жыл бұрын

@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

Sosaaa🐐

Sammy hitting homers onto waveland avenue was always a great night

The great 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

"Behball been bery good to me..." - Sammy Sosa

The Reason I Root For The Cubs Sammy Sosa. 🔥

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!

El hombre que puso a soñar a dominicana y todo chicago

Good Morning Virginia...Thanks Salim

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

I miss the hop and also him sprinting out to RF.

Man, I miss the late 90s early 00s Dominican power hitters….

El mejor 🇩🇴

Favorite

That sound off the bat as different.

🐐🐐🐐

I miss Chip’s “SWUNG ON BELTED”

Me as Sammy Sosa 1992

Sammy sosa es el más famoso de todos los tiempos

Plátano Power. Sammy Sosa. Dominican Republic 👏👏👏

You just had to be there in '98

Yo no soy pelotero pero me gusta la pelota cuando Sammy la saca todo el mundo se alborota

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.

Sammy “The man” Sosa! 💪🏾….I mean 💪🏻

Got clean

Stop disrespecting this man he made the cubs relevant from 93-04 honor him and retire #21

@vicvic2081

3 жыл бұрын

Astros

@zion9247

2 жыл бұрын

@Lburg could argue the club knew and if never caught they would’ve retired his number but its cus he got caught

@musicman76enator

2 жыл бұрын

Cubs haven't been relevant since 04. Really sad. 😥

@krlm2280

2 жыл бұрын

@@musicman76enator 💯

We're a mile above sea level

3:56 Sammy doesn’t need andro hahah

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.

They both smashed Maris's record

All that charisma all those drugs yeah yeah

They neglected to mention his home runs in the 2003 NLCS.

The way the ball flys off his bat just looks different

McGwire vs Sosa in the late 90s saved baseball

I wonder who lives in those houses when he hits the home runs lol

Swung on Belted! Fuckin Chip caray

Puso a gozar a muchos con los palos que dio' ,es una injusticia que no esté en el Hof.

He is not in the hall famer cuz they just hate him he never gave positive on his drug test

@OccasionalNASCARRaces

4 жыл бұрын

They didn't HAVE drug tests then... lol

@ADM-wt9cn

3 жыл бұрын

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

@AnabolicFarmer

2 жыл бұрын

@@ADM-wt9cn and he looked jacked with a ballon face. Ray Charles could even see it.

Did they say he corked his bat this season too?? Lol I mean idk I’m just curious lol 🤔🤔🤔

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.

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.

There’s a podcast out call “Crushed” by Joan Niesen think that how you spell her name, but it’s about the home run race and steroid use within the league

Sammy the cork user

0:36 Matt Vasgersian?

@rudyflores5540

4 жыл бұрын

Blake Pettys yea that’s him

This man should be in the Hall of Fame

And every home run was hit with a corked bat. Lol.

Gloria a DIOS ELOHIM

Everyone was juicing in the bigs back then, Sosa is one of the GOATs regardless.

@swordedegl

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

@@swordedegl doesn’t matter. If they were good enough they wouldn’t have needed to cheat.

@musicman76enator

2 жыл бұрын

No not everyone. There were lots of guys who were not juiced.

@williamkoscielniak7871

2 жыл бұрын

​@@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.

@Schwedeballz

2 жыл бұрын

@@williamkoscielniak7871 if that was true, then they wouldn’t have taken them, yet they did.

Who will be the next player in MLB to hit over 60 homers in a season three times?

is crazy how cubs just try disappear the reason most people my age are their fans.

He was definitely slamming 💉

@G.G_one

10 ай бұрын

#LegalizeSteriods

3:28