MLB promos World Baseball Classic using "legendary slugger" Sammy Sosa

• Nothing new--Bud selling tickets the way he always has--promoting home runs. Now for the WBC:

From MLB.com's legendary website, 5/30/08, picture of Sosa and intro to article:

• "While Sammy Sosa doesn't currently have a Major League team to call his own,

• the legendary slugger

• has announced his intentions of playing for the Dominican Republic team in the next

World Baseball Classic."...

• MLB.com includes phrases describing the non-English speaker:

• "The charismatic Sammy Sosa

• plays by his own rules. He always has and he always will.

• Strong-willed, stubborn, borderline selfish,

but always competitive and almost always with a smile on his face,

• his strong personality is part of the reason he is loved....

Sosa has made up his mind to play for his country. And...he probably will and

• he'll probably hit a home run or two along the way.

Even at age 39, ancient for a ballplayer, Sosa can still make things happen on the baseball field

• on sheer will alone....

He is still a great athlete....

• Rangers closer C.J. Wilson and the younger Rangers called Sosa

• a rock star.

Sosa's Latino teammates called him...

• a living legend.

With 609 career home runs, it's easy to see why.

• The Dominican is one of the greatest home run hitters of all-time,

the greatest from Latin America and

• one of the most intriguing characters

• in the game."...

From MLB.com, "Sosa Living, Playing on Own Terms," by Jesse Sanchez, 5/30/08

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