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After over 20 years of absence from the Chicago Cubs organization after serving as the franchise icon for the previous decade ...

Sosa rose to prominence with the Cubs after he was acquired in a March 1992 trade with the crosstown White Sox for George Bell. Nicknamed Slammin' Sammy, he hit a franchise-record 545 homers and ...

“I think that today was a perfect day,” Sosa said. Sosa rose to prominence with the Cubs after he was acquired in a March 1992 trade with the crosstown White Sox for George Bell. Nicknamed Slammin’ ...