Sammy+Sosa

Sammy Sosa was best known for his amazing baseball skills, but very little is known about his struggles through life, not only did these struggles make sammy a better baseball player, but in the long run a better man.Sammy Sosa exemplified perserverance by overcoming his harsh childhood, migrating to a new country, and early batting struggles.

Sammy Sosa has always had a rough life from the very start when Sammy was only 6 his father passed away everyone in his family had to work especially during the time of the death of his father.Sammy lived in a 1 bedroom house with no plumbing which he shared with his 7 siblings and his mother, despite this Sammy and his friends were so determined to play baseball that they often made their equipment out of cardboard and milk jugs.When Sammy was first drafted he sent the first 3,200 dollars back home to his mother.

When Sammy first came to America things were very frightening for him. Coming from the Dominican Republic Sammy faced many new challenges he had never faced before such as knowing very little english.Sammy also faced a brand new peer pressure drugs which he claims to of never of taken.Sammy overcame this by getting in with the right people.

Sammy has early batting struggles as a rookie he only hit around .200 his first seasons, due to this he was traded from the Rangers to the the White sox and soon after that to the Cubs. Texas's manger was soon quoted after the trade that the biggest mistake he has made was trading Sammy. Sammy answered his manger by having a breakthrough season and joining the 30/30 club (30 steals and 30 homeruns in a single season.)

Sammy has always pushed himself to overcome the variety of challenges put in front of him such as a harsh childhood, adapting to a new country,and early batting struggles.These challenges in which he rised aboved helped him become a better player, but as you can see a better man.

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