By John Morrison
Those riveting personalities every one accomplished excellence, yet even more than their person accomplishments is the confident Hispanic photo they jointly signify to the realm. photos, illustrations, and vigorous textual content inform the tales ot those attention-grabbing historic figures. Sosa's accomplishments symbolize years of labor from his humble beginnings within the barrios of the Dominican Republic. In 1998, as a member of the Chicago Cubs, he used to be presented the main necessary participant award for the nationwide League after hitting sixty six domestic runs, together with a checklist 20 within the month of June.
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And Michael. On March 30, as spring training for the 1992 season was about to begin, Sammy was traded across town to the National League Chicago Cubs. The Cubs had hired Sammy’s old friend Larry Himes 38 Sammy in Chicago In 1991, Sammy met Sonia Rodriguez at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic and they were married that fall. The couple, who have four children, are pictured here at the eighth annual GQ Men of the Year awards in New York, on October 21, 2003. as general manager. Once again, Himes was the target of much criticism over the trade he made for Sammy.
But I’m THE BASEBALL STRIKE OF 1994 What caused the baseball strike of 1994? Money, of course. The players wanted more; the team owners wanted to pay less. Despite long hours and days of negotiations, no agreement could be reached on the major issues: a luxury tax on the big-money teams, revenue sharing to help teams in small-market cities, and a salary cap to hold down the skyrocketing salaries of players. In other words, it was over who gets the biggest slices of the pie, which is the money made from Major League Baseball, and who was going to be stuck with the smaller pieces?
As a pitcher, Ruth posted a career record of 87-44, from 1914 to 1919, and won three World Series games, one in 1916 and two in 1918. At the same time, he was smashing home runs. Because pitchers don’t play every game, in 1919 he was switched to the outfield so his hitting prowess could be better utilized. The next year, he was sold to the New York Yankees for $125,000. He hit the most home runs per season for several years (1919–21, 1923–24, 1926–30) and tied for the home run lead in 1918 and 1931.
