Comments on: Even Chicago Says No Hall For Sosa

By: paneech

paneech — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:13:11 +0000

good post Zoner, comical how he proclaimed his innocence a week or so ago when he decided to mention he will be officially retiring soon…

By: The Zoner

The Zoner — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:05:30 +0000

and the Manny Alexander car/roids thing…I;m not going to rehash everything but it became clear what the deal was. No one believed his stupid cork story.

By: Schmidty

Schmidty — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:47:34 +0000

I disagree Dhaab…REAL Cubs fans didn’t respect Sosa because enough folks knew he thought he was bigger than the team. I’ll agree that the beer-swilling shirtless bleacher fans who didn’t ever even watch the game worshipped him (and yes, there are way too many of these people around), but once the steroid rumors started coming out for a lot of players, folks started jumping off his bandwagon. The cork event and 2004 walkout just put icing on the cake.

By: dhaab

dhaab — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:58:27 +0000

He became a cheater? Why, because he had cork in his bat? LOL
What a lame excuse. The ONLY reason fans turned on Sosa was because his offensive numbers went down. They put up with all of his crap just fine when he was putting up monster numbers year after year.

By: The Zoner

The Zoner — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:41:51 +0000

Yes only WSox fans visit the Trib, a traditionally Cubs newspaper.

As for Sammy, people turned on him because he became a cheater that became bigger than the team. Unlike St. Louis fans, who still bow at the altar of McGwire.

By: Lou

Lou — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:47:26 +0000

Good point, Stormin. Sammy does deserve to be in the Hall in my opinion. I don’t see this controversy dying down anytime soon.

I’m with Lou Piniella — if anyone is going to break stories based on information from people that have seen this mystery list, they should have to release all the names on the list.

By: dhaab

dhaab — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:44:14 +0000

What Stormin said.

Also, I have to comment on the way this town SO quickly turned on Sosa at the end of his career. Sammy was adored in Chicago when he was bombing 50 dingers a year, but almost immediately when his numbers started to drop, Cubs fans dropped him like a 3 dollar bill. As a semi-neutral observer, it was pretty ridiculous to me.

By: Stormin Norman

Stormin Norman — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:15:53 +0000

Hmmm….you have to think White Sox fans might be influencing this poll a bit…