Sammy Sosa's career was going great. He was not only a hero on the field he was a hero to fellow kids around the world, whose only dreams were to be a ball player just like him. He played for a team that had not won the World Series since 1908. He gave that team and its fans hope for the future. He always put on a show for the fans cranking home runs out of the park during warm ups. Then came the day, the day that would change his baseball career forever. As Sosa went up to bat in the first inning on June 3rd with runners on base he hit a grounder that appeared to score a run. Something happened though when Sammy Sosa's bat broke on that grounder, it revealed a cork. The great Sammy Sosa had been caught using a corked bat, this accident would bring all of his home runs into question.

After this day Sosa was given a 8 game suspension. His career started to unravel right before his eyes. He went on to bat 288, which was a low average for him. In the years that followed all his numbers went down. This accident brought him from super stardom down to mediocrity. He began to have injury plagued seasons. Until the faithful day when Sammy Sosa finally called it quits and hung up his bat and glove.

It has been one year now since we saw Sammy Sosa step foot on a baseball field. This off season though Sammy Sosa has announced that he plans to return to baseball for the 2007 season. He returns now with his infamous corked bat incident long forgotten in the mist of baseballs steroid scandal. Sammy Sosa is only 12 home runs away from 600 lifetime, a milestone that launches him into a club that few call home. Sammy Sosa turns 37 this year and may not be well received to a team that is in contention, do to the fact that he hasn't picked up a bat or ball in 1 year. His best bet would be to go to a team that is in desperate need of a impact player. Though Sammy Sosa was leaning towards retirement, why does he want to comeback now. Well, in an interview Sosa said " I still have a lot of passion for the game and I'm in shape. I want to get 600 home runs before i say goodbye,". It can be predicted that he will probably end up with a mediocre team, like the Marlins, and bat around 260 with 20 home runs. Sammy can still be an impact player, the only thing standing in his way is whether he wants it bad enough or not.