Sammy Sosa probably didn’t do much to repair his fractured association with the Ricketts family though last night’s milquetoast documentary, Long Gone Summer. Though the ESPN 30 for 30 special let us relive that wonderful summer and the home run chase he shared with Mark McGwire, the slugger refused to admit that he specifically did anything to tarnish the game or the organization.
“The ownership, they have to understand that I’m a humble man, I’m not a man to have ego, when I was playing I was a little bit because I was focused on what I was trying to do,” Slammin’ Sammy said.