Sunday, October 31, 2004


Yahoo! Sports - MLB - Sammy Sosa returns to Dominican Republic, complains about lineup spot
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -- Sammy Sosa was humiliated by being dropped to sixth in the Chicago Cubs lineup, and claims he was mistreated by the club.

When he struggled down the stretch of the season, Cubs manager Dusty Baker lowered the slugger in the batting order -- much to Sosa's dismay.

"I'm not a sixth batter,'' Sosa told Hoy newspaper in Santo Domingo on Saturday upon returning to his native Dominican Republic. "I'm a cleanup hitter or third because I've earned that right with almost 600 career home runs.''

OK, nevermind what I said yesterday. Get him gone. He apparently doesn't get the concept of "team". Let him try to pull this shit with the Yankees and see how far it gets him.

Shoot, Sam, I would have dropped you to 8th. See ya.