Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the right time, at the right moment, just like he gave Babe Ruth when he was playing. I just hope I can keep doing what I've been doing - keep taking care of business.
Everyone knows that what happened to me is great, but at the other side I care about winning. I care about the team and the situation right now.
I can't do it every day. They're not going to give me much to hit right now. They're pitching me real well. If I get there, fine.
I said to myself I've got to go up there and do it because the New York Mets keep winning every day. The game was on the line and I wanted to go out there and come through for my team. That win tonight means a lot for us.
I'm not even thinking about passing McGwire. The season will be over September twenty-seventh. Mark will go home, and I will go to the playoffs.
I'm not keeping track, but the record is there for someone to break.
I'm not thinking about that, but I'm not going to lie to you - I'm having a good time.
I'm real happy my name is in the record book, but it means nothing because we lost.
I'm seeing the ball well. I'm not trying for home runs. I'm trying to hit to right field more. When I do that, the home run comes.
I've always swung the same way. The difference is when I swing and miss, people say, 'He's swinging for the fences.' But when I swing and make contact people say, 'That's a nice swing.' But there's no difference, it's the same swing.
It's going to be unbelievable, you know. There's going to be a lot of people cheering for Mark McGwire and me. And, hey, we'll see how it goes.
Mark McGwire is thirty-four years old. I'm twenty-nine. He's probably a little bit tired and I'm just having some fun.
My situation is different from Mark's. I'm not looking for home runs, I'm looking for the playoffs.
To tell the truth, I never think about a homer. I'm just thinking of the situation and what I've got to do when I go to the plate.
When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs.
You have to enjoy it. It is not going to happen every year, so this is the year that it is happening and we have got to go out there and enjoy it.
You never know what can happen. We both have a lot of chances to break it. I'm not thinking about breaking it.
On April 26, 2007, Sammy broke the Major League Baseball record of most stadiums with a home run. He hit two home runs in Jacobs Field in Cleveland, his 44th ballpark.
On January 30, 2007, the Texas Rangers, Sammy's original team, signed him to a Minor League deal worth $500,000 plus "significant incentives." The contract includes an invitation to Spring Training where he will compete for a spot in the lineup with other rookies and prospects.
With the bases loaded, Sammy hit 8 grand slams in his career. He batted .295 with 44 hits and 130 RBIs in those situations.
Sammy hit his 500-th career home run on April 4, 2003 at Cincinnati.
Sammy was the first winner of the National League "Hank Aaron Award" in 1999 as the top hitter in the NL.
He won the Roberto Clemente Award in 1998 for his character and charitable contributions to his community.
He was a 7-time All-Star, in 1995, 1998-2002 and 2004.
He started playing baseball at age 14 after he decided to quit boxing.
Sammy's last full season in the majors was in 2005 with Baltimore, his career statistics were: a .274 batting average, 588 home runs, 1,575 RBIs, 2,304 Hits, 1,422 Runs and 234 Stolen Bases in 2,240 games.
Sammy shared Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsmen of the Year" award in 1998 with Mark McGwire.
Sammy became the first and so far only player to ever hit 60 home runs in 3 different seasons, 1998, 1999 and 2001.
Sammy was drafted in 1985 by the Texas Rangers.
On June 3, 2003, Sammy Sosa was ejected from a game in the first inning for using a corked bat.
Sammy Sosa's career: 1989: Chicago White Sox/Texas Rangers, 1990-1991: Chicago White Sox, 1992-2004: Chicago Cubs, 2005: Baltimore Orioles.
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