Sammy Sosa has been popping up in the news a lot lately, and it hasn’t been pretty.  I mean physically it definitely wasn’t pretty with his little skin-whitening stunt, but also metaphorically its been a tough run for the Dominican Dracula. (That is his new nickname in my book.  It’s a great nickname, it references [...]

As many of you have seen and heard, Sammy Sosa showed up at the Latin Grammys Person of the Year event recently looking a little different.  The Dominican Dracula, as I am now calling him, claims he has had some sort of treatment on his skin that makes it look lighter than before:
“He is going [...]

In the wake of the Sammy Sosa steroid scandal, many people around the majors have been chiming in about what they think regarding this topic.  Ryne Sandberg does not approve, and he had this to say:
Appearing on the “Waddle & Silvy” show on ESPN 1000, Sandberg was asked whether Sosa belongs in the Hall of [...]

A site essentially devoted to the White Sox inexplicably rips Ozzie. [Luol's Dong]
What is the Bulls obsession with undersized guards?  Its almost like a strategy geared towards acquiring them. [Pippen Ain't Easy]
Okay this ChicagoSportsWebio scheme is a little over my head, but you know it can’t be good when just days after allegations that paychecks [...]

Lou’s image as the ignorant, crotchety old man that everyone loves grew a little more yesterday with this quote regarding Sosa’s steroid use:

“Get off my yard you goddamn kids!  I know you’re all hopped up on goofballs!  Where’s Zambrano?  He’s supposed to mow my lawn!”

Every baseball fan has a different moment when the steroid controversy really hit home for them.  That moment where they went from assuming the best of their heroes to suspecting everyone of wrongdoing.  For most fans it was probably around the turn of the century, when allegations of steroid use surrounding Barry Bonds expanded the [...]