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Saturday, May 31, 2008

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:
  • 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:
  • 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

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

Sosa's Latino teammates called him...

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

the greatest from Latin America and

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

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