Sosa Retirement

Sammy's Going to Retire?

I'm fine with that. Smart move for him. Why you ask? Because it will earn him hundreds of thousands of dollars over the next 20 years. He hit .221/.295/.376 with 14 HRs and 45 RBI last year. How many players who hit .221/.295/.376 do you wait in line to get an autograph from? Few I imagine. By continuing to play Sosa is going to bring his career down further then it already is. He can't perform to his 1998-99 levels, or his 2001-03 levels or his 1996-97 levels.
He once was a great player, but that is far behind him.

Sosa now falls into the group consisting of Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro and Jose Canseco who all have stats that waranate Hall of Fame consideration, but will always be hurt by the accousations of steroid use. It may actually be better for Sosa at this point to retire to the Dominican Republic and refuse public interviews if he one day wants to write "HOF" after his name in the future.

Just an update but it seems like Sammy has made the right choice. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2332063