98 2008 Reedster sambruin98^1204 Re: Nationals make offer to Sammy Sosa [Reply to #2009] 2/8/06, 5:16pm Sosa's career really fell off a cliff. He hasn't been the same since the Cubs switched hitting coaches about 4 years ago. The patient, mistake-crunching Sosa got replaced by the old, free-swinging Sammy. Watching how quickly guys like Sosa and Piazza have deterioriated makes me marvel at how well someone like Bonds, not to mention gajillion year-old Julio Franco (he of the TWO year deal from the Mets which carries him through 49!), has aged. [sambruin98 from Los Angeles/CA] Replies: 2028