How do you go from being a pariah, to being a symbol of summertime fun for the whole family? It's complex, writes .

CHICAGO — Closure is something we all crave, whether it’s the perfect ending to a favorite TV series or a resolution of a real-life relationship.

CHICAGO (AP) -- Disbelief. Shock. Embarrassment. Baseball fans experienced a wide range of emotions as news spread that Sammy Sosa had used a corked bat. Sosa, who has emerged as Chicago's most ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- The bats have been checked and the interviews done. Now all Sammy Sosa can do is wait to see what his punishment will be for using a corked bat.

Twenty years ago, former Chicago Cubs star Sammy Sosa's infamous corked bat scandal left a black spot on his baseball legacy. During a game between the Chicago Cubs and Tampa Bay Devil Rays on ...

"15 years ago today, Sammy was busted with a corked bat." - Cubs Talk Later, Sosa was banned for seven MLB games for the corked bat episode.

Sosa was ejected when umpires discovered his bat was corked. ” title=” Sammy Sosa broke his bat hitting a ground ball in the first inning of the game against Tampa Bay.

In his upcoming book Pedro, Hall of Fame pitcher Pedro Martinez writes that he believes the media's coverage of Sammy Sosa after his corked-bat incident was racist. On June 3, 2003, the Cubs ...

June 3, 2013 / 12:42 PM CDT / CBS Chicago (WSCR) Today marks the 10th anniversary of Sammy Sosa's ejection in the first inning of a game against the Devil Rays for using a corked bat.

Since the 1970s, just six major leaguers have been caught using such bats, and suspended for substantial periods of time, with Graig Nettles' Super Ball-filled bat in 1974 the first and Sammy Sosa ...

Shouldda told that to Sammy Sosa, who famously got caught in 2003 using a corked bat. Someone -- Sosa claimed he used it by mistake -- had hollowed out the barrel of his wooden bat and filled the ...

The restaurant is now continuing the trend with Sammy Sosa's infamous corked bat. Caray's chief executive officer Grant DePorter bought the bat from Schulte Auctions for more than $16,567.