Sammy Sosa is making Chicago Cubs look awful with his words

The Chicago Cubs refusal to allow Sammy Sosa back continues to make the organization look bad.

The Chicago Cubs had something special in Sammy Sosa. They acquired him in a trade with the Chicago White Sox and that turned him into one of the greatest athletes in Chicago sports history. With “Long Gone Summer” set to air on Sunday night, Sammy is in the news a lot right now and he is making his rounds on the media side to go with it.

He went on David Kaplan‘s show on ESPN 1000 to discuss things about his career, current life, and the documentary. David Kaplan is a friend of the program here and he has made it clear to me that he is a die-hard Cubs fan. In interviewing Sammy Sosa on Tuesday morning, it was clear that everyone on the show including Sosa wanted him to come back to Chicago and be honored in some way.

Sammy Sosa hit 609 home runs in the Major Leagues and is one of only nine players to reach the 600 home run plateaux. A lot of people speculate that Sosa was a PED user which is likely going to keep him out of the Hall of Fame. He never failed a drug test so the debate will go forever because nobody truly knows.

Regardless of what your stance is on the Hall of Fame, he is still one of the team’s all-time great players. The Cubs refused to honor him, even 22 years later, which is a joke. He sold a lot of tickets for them and put people in the seats for many years. He was the only captivating player on the Cubs in an era that the team was brutal. When Sammy was at the plate, especially in 1998, it was must-see TV.

You can even argue that without Sammy, all of the things that have been put up in Wrigleyville would not be there. He made the Cubs a lot of money and helped them grow into a nationwide brand. You can argue that Frank Thomas was a better hitter, but he didn’t have the global reach that Sosa had yet the Cubs refuse to let him do anything at Wrigley Field.

Sosa was good for the Cubs pretty much exclusively. He had a 60 career war but a 61 war with the Cubs. That means he had elite numbers with the Cubs but was a negative value player to the other teams he was with. A majority of his MLB damage came on the North Side and they are not even a little bit grateful.

The Cubs should absolutely retire his number but they won’t even let him throw out the first pitch or sing the seventh-inning stretch at a home game. It is honestly a disgrace to one of the greatest players to ever put on that uniform.