Nifty article about Sammy Sosa

[Rice Cube]

Sammy Sosa was Chicago's greatest home run hitter - ESPN Chicago

 

[brett05]

Kingman was a better tater hitter than Sosa. So was Frank. The stadium stopped when frank came to bat.

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

you wonder how different things would be if he didnt do roids

sosa was one of my favorite players tho

 

[Uman85]

you wonder how different things would be if he didnt do roids

sosa was one of my favorite players tho

Me too. I loved watching Sosa at Wrigley hammering balls onto Waveland.

 

[dabynsky]

The increase in power due to steroids is one thing, but Sosa is one of the only players that dramatically increased his walk rate in his late 20s, early 30s.

And Brett, Frank Thomas was not a better homerun hitter than Sosa. I will give you that Thomas was a way better pure hitter than Sosa, but Thomas never hit more than 43 homeruns in a season. Thomas also never lead the league in homeruns at any point. Thomas was a great hitter, and I would probably take Thomas over Sosa if I had to pick between the two. Sosa cheated to accomplish being better at hitting homeruns, but he was better at hitting homeruns than Thomas.

 

[brett05]

People stopped to watch Frank bat. They weren't watching for singles.

 

[dabynsky]

People stopped to watch Frank bat. They weren't watching for singles.

Frank Thomas was a great power hitter. Doesn't change the fact that in their primes Sosa was better at hitting homeruns than Thomas.

 

[brett05]

And for the record. I put Sammy into the Hall

 

[brett05]

I define better by what caused people to drop what they were doing. You define it by number hit

 

[dabynsky]

I define better by what caused people to drop what they were doing. You define it by number hit

And you don't think 98-03 people didn't stop to watch Sosa bat?

 

[brett05]

Not like the did for Frank.

 

[nwfisch]

For once I agree with Dabynsky.

 

[brett05]

And that is no attack on Sosa

 

[dabynsky]

For once I agree with Dabynsky.

Oh god I must be wrong then.

 

[dabynsky]

Not like the did for Frank.

There is no way to prove or disprove that statement. I gladly concede Frank Thomas as a better hitter and a hitter who did it the "right way." Personally though if I had to choose in that ultra rare circumstance where you have to have a homerun, my choice would be Sosa. That said 99% of the time in baseball you don't need a homerun, and I would rather have Thomas's skillset to Sosa's in their primes.

 

[nwfisch]

I'll remind everyone about the policy held on CCS. The Eagle Scout is always right.

 

[brett05]

I can't prove it. But I lived thru it as an adult. I also had much more fun mocking the intelligence of Cub fans back then. I would ask them who played right field. Many had no clue. Today it is like the Obama effect and not knowing his political stances.

 

[Rice Cube]

In 1998 through 2003, everyone knew who Sammy Sosa was :lol:

 

[dabynsky]

I can't prove it. But I lived thru it as an adult. I also had much more fun mocking the intelligence of Cub fans back then. I would ask them who played right field. Many had no clue. Today it is like the Obama effect and not knowing his political stances.

Thanks for the information. As usual it continued a lot of useful and informative points that really furthered the discussion here.

 

[brett05]

Talk about an unprovable statement