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Sammy Sosa...
Had a small role in a movie once? The movie is called "Kissing A Fool". It's a comedy staring Davis Schwimmer, Jason Lee, directed by Doug Ellin.
Was often compared to his childhood hero Roberto Clementé (the first Latino to enter the hall of fame) and wears the number twenty one on his jersey in honor of him.
Says he would trade all his home runs & accolades for a World Series championship.
His baseball Superstition: he "blesses' the field with 3 drops of coffee before the start of each game.
Credits his mother with instilling in him proper values & the importance of staying focused in pursuit of a goal.
When he first came to the states his english was limited, so he and his friend Juan Gonzalez (Detroit Tigers Right Fielder) made the mistake of buying cat food and making tuna sandwiches with it.
Favorite sport other than baseball is Basketball and his favorite athlete is Michael Jordan.
Favorite Food - A ham and cheese sandwich
Has a brother named José that played in the Cubs Minor League System.
After he retires from baseball he plans to spend more time with family and kids.
Hit hit a club-record 31 homers on the road, surpassing the previous mark of 23 held by Hack Wilson in 1930, Ernie Banks in 1960 and Dave Kingman in 1979.
Homerun #33 in 1998 gave him 240 roundtrippers for his career, equaling the career total of Roberto Clemente.
Hit 20 homers during the month of June in setting a major league single-month record ... homered in both his first and last at-bats of the month
*Is sometimes called "Caballo" which means horse in Spanish by his Latino teammates.
Hit 66 bombs in 1998
Have you ever wondered why Sammy puts his 2 fingers on his heart & kisses them to the air after hitting a homerun? He touches his heart for his fans, the first finger symbolizes his mother, and the 2nd is for his friends and relatives back home...the v shape is a tribute to Harry Caray.
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