John Antonoff / For the Sun-Times
MESA, Ariz. – Sammy Sosa watched his advice to Vidal Bruján put into practice as the switch hitter lift a no-doubter over the left-field fence. He hopped out of the box as his homer landed halfway up the berm, in a nod to the Cubs legend sitting in the dugout Tuesday.
“The first couple of at-bats, I was talking to him, he was jumping a little bit,” Sosa said Wednesday. “I’m like, ‘Look, you can hit,’ because that’s the only thing that you have to tell the player.