How had he done it? Everyone thinks they know. Nearly a decade later the guy who as a rookie hit four home runs and was described in one early scouting report as 150 pounds and “malnourished,” had transformed into Slammin’ Sammy, a chiseled, joyous 225-pounder who delighted the world with his trademarks: sprinting from the Cubs’ dugout to rightfield hopping sideways toward first base as his homers rocketed into the night touching two fingers to his lips, then to his heart, then back again to each. and laid it out on a bed so his family could take turns jumping into the lush pile of green. When Sosa was 20, after his first season in the majors, he brought $40,000 in cash back to the D.R. That led to his second life-the public one and, for many people, the one that continues to be problematic.
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