Sammy Sosa has agreed in principle to a one year contract with the Texas Rangers (starting in AAA) that guarantees him five hundred thousand dollars. The contract is also laced with incentives, meaning he'll get some awesome bonuses for putting up some good numbers in whatever categories. Most likely, home runs and a .300+ average (says me). He'll be hitting fifth in the line-up in the DH's position.
I'm not really excited to see Sosa coming back into the limelight of baseball. I can't forget the corked bat incident and the resulting 7 game suspension (it was going to be 8, but Sammy was super sorry about cheating).
I can only imagine the pressure on the men who are out there day after day after, sometimes ten games in a row before they get one day off (much of which is spent traveling). For every player that gets caught there are many more that are playing by the rules.
I'm not saying he doesn't deserve a chance to come back and see if his guns are still firing, I just can't get excited about it.
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