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On paper, the 2002 Home Run Derby roster was arguably one of the greatest lineups in Derby history. With guys like Alex Rodriguez, Giambi, Bonds, and Sosa, this year’s Derby was set to be full ...
Slammin' Sammy Sosa ended Ken Griffey Jr.'s two-year reign as Home Run Derby champion, hitting the longest, loudest and largest number of shots at Turner Field on Monday night.
Your Home Run Derby history books (coming soon, undoubtedly, to your local book store) will always show that Jason Giambi won the 2002 Derby. But this was Sammy Sosa's show.
ATLANTA, July 10 -- Sammy Sosa put on a display of power Monday night when he thrilled fans with a series of mammoth long balls to win the Home Run Derby at Turner Field on the eve of the All-Star ...
On June 1, Sosa hit two more homers and the biggest home run month in MLB history was underway. Starting June 3, Sosa homered in five straight games. He went three without a long ball, but then ...
Step aside Junior, Sammy's the man. Slammin' Sammy Sosa ended Ken Griffey Jr.'s two-year reign as Home Run Derby champion, hitting the longest, loudest and largest number of shots at Turner Field ...
ATLANTA, July 10 -- When Carl Everett came to the plate for his turn in the Home Run Derby, the distance of a Sammy Sosa home run blast was still on the scoreboard--508 feet. The crowd was still ...
From Sammy Sosa's dud in 1999 to his triumph a year later, let's rank all 18 performances by Cubs and White Sox players in the Home Run Derby.
The oldest baseball park in America wasn't big enough to contain the prodigious swings of some of MLB's former home run ...
But Sosa had a tension-filled exit from Chicago, which led to his two-decade absence from Wrigley Field and the Cubs ...
Sammy Sosa isn’t among the home run leaders this year, but his reputation as a ratings magnet has earned him an invitation into the Home Run Derby at the All-Star Game in Houston. Sosa was ...