I was a big Sosa fan back in the day but I think the team is better off without the distraction.

To me that BS. Do I honestly think most of professional athlete’s really are contrite? No, they want to back in baseball, ie spot light so they do what they have to. Say they are sorry and ask for forgiveness from the fans.

What

You miss a key factor in listing those who have been brought back into other organizations like McGuire. In EVERY case, each player accepted responsibility for their actions, showed remorse and apologized to their teammates, the organization and the fans.

There is NO discussion until Sammy puts aside his pride and self-deception. No father (like myself) wants his kids to see their club exalt a player who exemplifies the WORST of sportsmanship and character.

No Sammy detractor doesn’t acknowledge that he was important to the Cubs and gave a lot to them. But he was paid extremely well and also crippled the reputation of the team nationally. Where do the Cubs go to get back their reputation from those years as cheaters? Where do Sammy’s teammates go to get back the wasted opportunities not just because of his willingness to put his own selfish needs above that of his team, but because other free agents no longer sought Wrigley as home?

Accepting a very petulant, ungrateful and arrogant Sosa back does a great disservice to the players like Griffey, Jr., Jeter, Gwynn who competed honorably without breaking the rules and tempting hoards of young kids into damaging their bodies to take shortcuts to success.

Americans are a very generous people. More so Cubs fans. Most reluctant Cubs fans even embraced a screw up with NO Cubs pedigree after hard work and clear impact on younger players in both on and off the field skill. But Sosa has not earned that right as yet.

What you are proposing is for Sosa to receive honor. The price for honor is character. And as Manny Ramirez has shown, that game can be played long after you are no longer competitive on the field.

Unfortunately for Sammy, he will need to compete for that goal without the assistance of character enhancing substances like guilt to the rest of us who are still waiting for an apology.

There is NO discussion until Sammy puts aside his pride and self-deception. No father (like myself) wants his kids to see their club to exalt a player who exemplifies the WORST of sportsmanship and character.

No Sammy detractor doesn’t acknowledge that he was important to the Cubs and gave a lot to them. But he was paid extremely well and also crippled the reputation of the team nationally. Where do the Cubs go to get back their reputation from those years as cheaters? Where do Sammy’s teammates go to get back the wasted opportunities not just because of his willingness to put his own selfish needs above that of his team, but because other free agents no longer sought Wrigley as home?

And unlike the game of baseball itself, players like Maddux and Manny continue to work as hard at

And it does such a great disservice to the players like Griffey, Jr., Jeter, Gwynn who competed honorably without breaking the rules and tempting hoards of young kids into damaging their bodies to take shortcuts to success.

Americans are a very generous people. More so Cubs fans. But he has not earned that right as yet.

What you are proposing is for Sosa to receive honor. The price for honor is character. And as Manny Ramirez has shown, that game can be played long after you are no longer competitive on the field.

Unfortunately for Manny, he will need to compete for that goal without the assistance of character enhancing substances like guilt to the rest of us who are still waiting for an apology.