Samuel Sosa Biography

Dominican baseball player. Samuel "Sammy" Sosa, known as El Bambino Caribbean is one of the most popular baseball stars of today, almost a legend for many of his followers. His beginnings in the sport back to his school days, but it was not until his arrival in the US major leagues when eventually became an idol to thousands of fans around the world. But besides an elite player, he is a man conscious of his origins and has managed to stay tied to his native country by supporting numerous charitable activities.

Samuel Sosa came into this world on November 12, 1968 in the town of San Pedro de Macoris in the Dominican Republic. As a child he started playing baseball at the school of his town and up to 16 years had the opportunity to participate in Little League of Santo Domingo. Always he noted for his powerful hitting at the time.
 

In 1985, when Sosa was still a teenager, his good work in the fields of Dominican baseball made the US team for the Texas Rangers to notice him and fichara for $ 3,500. This meant he moved to live in the United States and there began playing in Little League until 1989. Although he did not accompany him all the success, that was his first season known as majors. His debut materialized on June 16 of that year, compared with New York Yankees.

During his first few seasons Sammy Sosa parties alternated in the minor leagues and major competitions in the United States, pending become consolidated as one of the best right-handed hitters in the late twentieth century. Their results were not very good and ended up leaving the Rangers to play for the Chicago White Sox, but his situation did not improve much. Until 1992 it became a key date for him. It was that year when he was hired to play the Chicago Cubs on your computer.
 

From 1993 Sammy found success in Major League playing with the Cubs. It was at this club when the shooter right-handed batsman and gradually became the star of MLB's for years. In 1997 he renewed his contract for four years with a millionaire record and 1998 is considered as a historic season for him with its splendid game. In fact, it was named the tournament's most valuable player.

From the explosion of his game in 1998, Sammy Sosa not stopped receiving awards for their great results in the field. Besides participating in the Games seven times All-Star and 26 brands hold the majors, he has been named Player of the Month on five separate occasions over the years. It has also been given the Silver Slugger several times and received the MVP Award from the National League, Roberto Clemente and Hank Aaron for the National League.

Currently Sosa plays for the Baltimore Orioles club that signed him to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Ariston Jerry Jr. and two minor league players. It is one of the highest paid stars of the MLB league and it is estimated that the tab for the seasons 2005 and 2006 ranges between 17 and 18 million. His performance in the field is still spectacular, despite the passage of time, and can boast of being one of the few professional players have exceeded 500 home runs. Your challenge is to get history reaching the magic number of 700.