Sammy Sosa arrives at training camp

Sammy Sosa's riding tall again in Texas. Sammy hits the Texas Rangers training camp, actually in Surprise AZ.

SURPRISE, Ariz. - Sammy Sosa returned to the field Friday after a year away from the game, greeted warmly by fans before his first spring training workout with the Texas Rangers.

The 38-year-old slugger, fifth on baseball's home-run list, got to the complex several hours before the Rangers' first full-squad workout. Sosa has a minor league deal with his original team, hoping for a chance to get back to the major leagues.

On his way to the practice field, Sosa passed through a small group of fans, with one yelling, "Good luck, Sammy." He stopped and posed for a picture.

Sosa is hoping to catch on with the Rangers.  He will be dogged by steroid questions, along the way;   however he could pick up some nice change if he hangs on to the MLB team roster.

When Sosa's minor league deal with Texas was announced last month, Sosa was fielding the same steroids questions that dogged him when he left the game after the 2005 season with Baltimore.

Before his season (2005) with the Orioles, when he hit .221 with 14 home runs and 45 RBIs in 102 games, Sosa was one of several players who testified before a congressional committee looking into steroid use in professional baseball.

Like Mark McGwire, Sosa is suspected by some of having used steroids before they were banned by baseball after the 2002 season. Sosa said last month his comeback isn't about disproving the rumors that performance-enhancing drugs elevated him among the game's most feared power hitters.

If Sosa makes the team, Washington expects him to be primarily a designated hitter and bat in the middle of the lineup behind three-time All-Star shortstop Michael Young and switch-hitting slugger Mark Teixeira.

Sosa will get a $500,000, one-year deal and could possibly earn up to $2.1 million more in performance bonuses if he makes the 40-man roster...

In his career, Sosa has batted .274 with 1,575 RBIs with three 60-homer seasons...
 
Sosa's MVP season was in 1998, when he batted .308 with a career-high 66 homers and 158 RBIs for the Chicago Cubs. That year he was in the home run chase with McGwire, who became the first major leaguer to hit 70 homers.

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