Sammy Sosa Still Waiting

For some reason, I want Braves to give him an offer at league mininum.

Sammy is a great player but I dont think he is a real threat anymore

How bout da mets give him a shot @ spring trainin and play him in left..and if he does good..den keep him on da team..

perfect counter move for the redsox

"Are your Braves that desperate?"

If Braves are desperate, then Giants, Yankees, Astros, Orioles, and etc. Giants signed Bonds. Yankees signed Giambi and Pettitte. Astros signed Pettitte. Orioles signed Jay Gibbons. I can go on, but I don't have that kind of time to do that.

I think the Rays should consider signing him to a minor-league deal, or a league minimum, and give him a look in Spring Training. He can't play in the field anymore, but maybe he could platoon DH with Floyd.

Just a thought. I think only AL teams should look at him either as exclusive a DH, or platooning DH/LF. He isn't good anywhere else and would be a huge liability on the field (I feel like).

"I still don't have an offer and I shouldn't be looking for offers out there,".......Great attitude Sammy. Its a shock no team wants to go near you with a "all for the team" attitude like that.

Combine that with the fact that he is 40 and can't juice anymore and you have your answer to why nobody is giving him a shot.

"The guy isn't going to hit 50 home runs anymore, while the above mentioned players (minus Gibbons) can still somewhat produce."

If you call Pettitte and his almost 5 ERA still producing, have fun with that.

"Your GM should trade for Dye so we can screw you guys again, LOL."

If you call getting Flowers for Vazquez. Flowers was thee only decent player you got from that trade.

Pettitte would be a decent number 5, but I don't give a rat's ass about the Yankees and their problems.

And as far as Flowers, you just made my point for me...have fun with Javy and his mental issues.

Please try to finish sentences also...

Guys on the Mitchell Report who have/had MLB jobs in '08.

Giambi, Sheffield, Brian Roberts, Jack Cust, Andy Pettitte, Gregg Zaun, Ron Villone, Ryan Franklin, Miguel Tejada, Jerry Hairston Jr., Eric Gagne, Paul LoDuca, Matt Herges, Derrick Turnbow, Rick Ankiel, Paul Byrd, Troy Glaus, Jose Guillen, Gary Matthews Jr., Scott Schowenweiss,

So there are guys who were affiliated with the Mitchell Report on 18 of 30 teams last/this year (including all teams that a player was traded to, etc.).

Seriously. Someone bring him in on a cheap deal with an ST invite, and they could be amazed. Getting cheap DH production is easy, guys.

"And as far as Flowers, you just made my point for me...have fun with Javy and his mental issues."

I was against the trade before it happened, and I am still against it now.

MrBlake14,

If you call $16 million for a #4 or #5 pitcher, and is also getting "old," you need some help.

"If you call $16 million for a #4 or #5 pitcher, and is also getting "old," you need some help."

I forgot "not high" in that "sentence."

No one wants to sign you, Sammy, so face it - your tarnished career is over. You cheated, you were a self-grandulizing egomaniac, and now you're old and haven't played in awhile. Other than that, what a catch you would be for some team, eh?

A team could do a lot worse than having Petitte in their starting rotation, that's for sure. I think he still has something left & is worth the money for one year.

BravesRocks, what are you expecting, a signed affadavit? Sometimes you have to use your power of reasoning. The subjective evidence includes him getting suddenly huge, combined with going from 30-something to 60-something homers per year, then forgetting how to speak English at the congressional hearing. And, once testing started, suddenly getting physically small again and unable to hit homers. That's enough for me.

I thought he forgot how to speak English?

Just kidding that's in Spanish.

Part-time Pariah, is Mark Buehrle available?

"Giambi, Sheffield, Brian Roberts, Jack Cust, Andy Pettitte, Gregg Zaun, Ron Villone, Ryan Franklin, Miguel Tejada, Jerry Hairston Jr., Eric Gagne, Paul LoDuca, Matt Herges, Derrick Turnbow, Rick Ankiel, Paul Byrd, Troy Glaus, Jose Guillen, Gary Matthews Jr., Scott Schowenweiss,"

Melonis Rex, Outside of Brian Roberts and Rick Ankiel, just how many of those guys are worthy of roster spots on contending teams even? Some (Byrd and Petite) say they used them to help overcome injures and some for who the heck knows for what reason, yet guys like Sosa we are fairly certain used them in extreme amounts for greed and fame to hit massive amounts of home runs. Who wants an old guy that cannot play the outfield, can no longer run, PLUS brings the HGH tag with them to a young team like the Rays? He is better left to oblivion like the other massive shooter Bonds.

Its not the fact that Sosa may or may not have taken steroids. Its the fact that he is a self centered player who is only out there for himself, not the team. Just look at his attitude right now about teams not wanting to sign him, he is a joke, and would be a cancer to a team. When he got another shot with the Rangers he was playing to put up stats rather than help the team win. Who wants a washed up 40 year old player (who probably took roids) with a bad attitude that will not help develop younger players.

Look at Greg Maddux, even though he was older and not the same pitcher he was still a great presence in the clubhouse which is why teams still wanted him to pitch.

Look what a Bind Manny is in right now trying to find a team to put up with his nonsense....and this is one of the best hitters (if not thee best hitter) in the game right now.

Good point Yanks, a lot of times, those older players are signed to provide a mentor role, someone for the younger players to look up to and learn from. What could Sosa/Manny possibly provide, other than 'Pissing off your manager 101'?

"takes another year off to roid up and clean out again, comes back asking for a job."

If you actually look at that article from ESPN, it cleary states that Sosa would of played last year, if he would of accepted a part time job, but he wanted a starting job, and $7 million.

Any teams that needs a DH should sign Sosa and Bonds. Split the time between them and maybe just maybe watch them excel!!!

50 dollars says Sosa sports his trademark early 90s mullet and hits .230

"50 dollars says Sosa sports his trademark early 90s mullet and hits .230"

I'll take you up on the .230 part, but not the mullet part.

So pariah you seem to be pretty angry at Sosa that he used performance enhancing drugs. You also seem to be pretty happy that you "screwed" the Braves by acquiring Tyler Flowers. Just remember that Flowers was suspended 50 games for performance enhancing drugs. Do a little research before you take a moral stand against Sosa, and then praise Tyler Flowers.

M'eh. I didn't really 'praise' Flowers, I'm just glad to have him considering the sad state our farm was in. I am very aware he tested positive, it was all over the Chicago media when we traded for him.

He's young enough to have learned his lesson(at least I hope so), and seems to have enough natural ability/upside to make him worthwhile, whereas Sosa (depending on who you ask) has flaunted the system for a long time.

Thanks anyways.

wait, people still think steroids make you that much better at baseball? sigh.

"moot" point, not "mute" point

"rememberthecoop,

Where's the proof of him cheating, besides with a corked bat.

Posted by: BravesRockMySocks"

'01 slg percentage: .737

There.

and I can't even type "word usage".... time to sleep....

No, it's called taking an interest in something, you should try it!

"Giambi, Sheffield, Brian Roberts, Jack Cust, Andy Pettitte, Gregg Zaun, Ron Villone, Ryan Franklin, Miguel Tejada, Jerry Hairston Jr., Eric Gagne, Paul LoDuca, Matt Herges, Derrick Turnbow, Rick Ankiel, Paul Byrd, Troy Glaus, Jose Guillen, Gary Matthews Jr., Scott Schowenweiss,"

Melonis Rex, Outside of Brian Roberts and Rick Ankiel, just how many of those guys are worthy of roster spots on contending teams even? Some (Byrd and Petite) say they used them to help overcome injures and some for who the heck knows for what reason, yet guys like Sosa we are fairly certain used them in extreme amounts for greed and fame to hit massive amounts of home runs. Who wants an old guy that cannot play the outfield, can no longer run, PLUS brings the HGH tag with them to a young team like the Rays? He is better left to oblivion like the other massive shooter Bonds.

Posted by: johns | December 25, 2008 at 08:43 PM

Sorry, bub, even if you wanna make fun of my squad's 40-man roster, saying that Sheff, Tejada, Cust, GMJ, Guillen, Byrd, and Glaus couldn't cut it on someone else's team is a bit of a stretch.

I'll always have a little love for Slammin Sammy because of how he always sprinted out onto the field. Clearly, he loved the game a little too much, but I still respect the hell outta him.

"Sheff, Tejada, Cust, GMJ, Guillen, Byrd, and Glaus"

Let me see... Sheff has done a tremendous job under pressure hasn't he on good teams right? Like that talented Tigers team, the total collapse of the '04 Yankees team by running off his mouth when the Yanks were up 3-0, then collapsing and losing the next 4 games and the series inwhich many attributed his idiotic mouthing off as one of the causes to get the Sox rolling.. yeah, he is valuable, especially with hit nice bat the last couple years.

Tejada is a good commodity also, so much so that no one wants to touch him this off season, even though Houston is willing to give away for virtually free to anyone willing to pay his 13 million dollar 2009 contract.. Let's not forget that no one knows how old the guy is and he even lied on his legal documentation papers for residency. I'd trust this guy to be a good teammate :-(

You got me on Glaus, thought he was still under his huge contract with SL, though he is brittle, with good power.

As far as Paul Byrd, am glad he is gone from Boston and am a Sox (1 of several teams a fan of) follower, he is a 4-5 starter on a .500 team and about it, an innings eater that can have a good season, or not. I would not be adverse to him coming back, but as a long guy.

Cust, Giambi? Those are guys for sub-.500 teams, Cust is a DH that is an adventure to watch in the OF with 1 decent season and Giambi is a toaster. Both should be fun to watch in Oakland, especially if both end up in Oakland and on sharp liners down the right field line. Can see the highlight reels already with mis adventures occurring on the field.

THEN.. There is the shadow of steroids and HGH that follows each and every one of these gentleman that some teams just do not want. How many will crash all at once like Gagne did afterwards (if steroids was the cause of his crash) or Brad Wilderson who also had tremendous power throughout the early to mid 2000's, yeat has totally crashed since testing in earnst began and is not mentioned here?

This may be just my opinion, but no thanks to these guys (except Robersta and maybe Ankiel) for these others who just do not bring much of anything to the plate that cannot be gotten elsewhere from clean players.

In 2007, Sosa hit lefties to the tune of .328/.410/.613. He's helpless against righties and their breaking balls away, but can still destroy lefties.

The whole Sosa thing with forgetting how to speak English is not true. We all know he use to talk to reporters after the game and talk in english, he did not speak it well because of his accent but he did speak it. but the thing is when he was at Congress he said he didnt speak it very well, because he did not want to say something and have Congress think they heard another word. Is accent sometimes made it sound like he said another word but didnt. so I can understand the whole Congress thing I dont speak english very well so that there was no misunderstanding. and the whole corked bat thing, still does not prove anything to this day. some scientists say it helps some say it doesn't. there is no evidence to suggest that it helps.

LMAO yeah somehow I forgot about his porno stache. Dude I remember in 98 or 99 when he hit 20 homers in July. I think I was more frightened by the guy, than overall impressed.

Houston has to basically eat a good portion of his salary and hope the market for shortstops rises dramatically so they can get Boof Bonser ha

Good point about Clemente. One of my favorites of all time.

Someone help me out. Back in 99 McGwire had a bottle of Andro in his locker and I remember a week later Sosa had a different body enhanceing pill that he showed off. What was he taking that season?