US EditionFormer Chicago Cubs players Sammy Sosa, Derek Lee inducted into Cubs Hall of Fame
Sosa hit a franchise-record 66 home runs in 1998 and was a seven-time All-Star; Lee played a key role in division-winning Cubs teams from 2004 to 2010.
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Sammy Sosa, Derrek Lee rekindle memories of Cubs’ highs, misses as 2025 team chases championship
Sammy Sosa helped bring baseball back to life.‘‘There’s nothing quite like that ’98 [home-run] race,’’ former Cubs teammate Derrek Lee said. ‘‘I don’t recall a time before or after where guys were on the field for batting practice to watch the other team’s guy hit. We were literally on the field to watch Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa hit batting practice.‘‘The fans gravitated to him and brought that spark back to baseball.’’Sosa earned a good chun…
Kosuke Fukudome, who played for the Chicago Cubs in the US Major League Baseball, was invited to the Hall of Fame induction ceremony for his former teammate, Derrek Lee, on the 7th. "I'm happy to be given such a warm welcome," he said, praising Lee, whose father played in Japan, as "a player with a great personality."
Table of ContentsEmotional words of Sammy Sosa after the official announcement of the team "Slammin Sammy" among the best toleteros of his time The afternoon of September 7 in the middle of a ceremony at the Wrigley Field before the third clash with Washington Nationals, Chicago Cubs exalted the Hall of Fame of the organization to the iconic Sammy Sosa; together with the initialist Derrek Lee also enjoyed the same honors and quickly was one of t…
Dominican Sammy Sosa lived this Sunday one of the most significant moments of his career by being exalted to the Hall of Fame of the Chicago Cubs, in an emotional ceremony at the Wrigley Field that marked his definitive reconciliation with the franchise after more than two decades of distancing. The extoleter, idol in ...
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