Sammy Sosa

Sammy Sosa (born November 12, 1968), is a former major league baseball player. Known as one of the best players of his era, he played for the Chicago Cubs for most of his career.

Hardball (2001)

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Robbins
CAST:  Keanu Reeves  •  Diane Lane  •  Michael B. Jordan  •  D.B. Sweeney

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Robbins
CAST:  Keanu Reeves  •  Diane Lane  •  Michael B. Jordan  •  D.B. Sweeney

Kissing a Fool (1998)

An egotistical television personality enlists the assistance of his best friend in putting the fidelity of his fiancé to the test in this amiable comedy of the sexes. Told in flashback, the film takes a familiar love-triangle scenario and gives it a bitter twist. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Doug Ellin
CAST:  David Schwimmer  •  Jason Lee  •  Mili Avital  •  Bonnie Hunt

An egotistical television personality enlists the assistance of his best friend in putting the fidelity of his fiancé to the test in this amiable comedy of the sexes. Told in flashback, the film takes a familiar love-triangle scenario and gives it a bitter twist. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Doug Ellin
CAST:  David Schwimmer  •  Jason Lee  •  Mili Avital  •  Bonnie Hunt

On the Line (2001)

A young man (Bass) is smitten with a girl (Emmanuelle Chriqui) he meets on a subway train and spends the rest of the movie trying to reunite with her. The man's best friend (Fatone) helps him in his quest by wallpapering Chicago with posters and signs that soon ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Bross
CAST:  Lance Bass  •  Joey Fatone  •  Emmanuelle Chriqui  •  James Bulliard

A young man (Bass) is smitten with a girl (Emmanuelle Chriqui) he meets on a subway train and spends the rest of the movie trying to reunite with her. The man's best friend (Fatone) helps him in his quest by wallpapering Chicago with posters and signs that soon ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Bross
CAST:  Lance Bass  •  Joey Fatone  •  Emmanuelle Chriqui  •  James Bulliard

Long Gone Summer (2020)

An examination of the 1998 MLB season and the home run race between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. The two sluggers' race to hit the most home runs, later overshadowed by the steroid scandal, left a permanent mark on baseball history.  (more)

DIRECTION:  AJ Schnack
CAST:  Mark McGwire  •  Sammy Sosa  •  Bob Costas  •  Ray Lankford

An examination of the 1998 MLB season and the home run race between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. The two sluggers' race to hit the most home runs, later overshadowed by the steroid scandal, left a permanent mark on baseball history.  (more)

DIRECTION:  AJ Schnack
CAST:  Mark McGwire  •  Sammy Sosa  •  Bob Costas  •  Ray Lankford

Race for the Record (1998)

Babe Ruth set a record in 1927 by hitting 60 home runs in one season. 34 years later, Roger Maris broke that record. Another 37 years passed before that record was broken by Mark McGwire. Five days after McGwire's feat, Sammy Sosa broke the brand new record. And ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Len Cariou  •  Mark McGwire  •  Sammy Sosa  •  Roger Maris

Babe Ruth set a record in 1927 by hitting 60 home runs in one season. 34 years later, Roger Maris broke that record. Another 37 years passed before that record was broken by Mark McGwire. Five days after McGwire's feat, Sammy Sosa broke the brand new record. And ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Len Cariou  •  Mark McGwire  •  Sammy Sosa  •  Roger Maris

The Curious Case of the Chicago Cubs (2015)

During the Chicago Cubs’ 108-year championship drought, the franchise endured its fair share of heartache. Ranging from a billy goat curse to a black cat running onto the field, Chicago’s time without a championship brought some of the most historic moments in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfonso Pozzo
CAST:  George Will  •  Pat Hughes  •  Eddie Vedder  •  Rick Sutcliffe

During the Chicago Cubs’ 108-year championship drought, the franchise endured its fair share of heartache. Ranging from a billy goat curse to a black cat running onto the field, Chicago’s time without a championship brought some of the most historic moments in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfonso Pozzo
CAST:  George Will  •  Pat Hughes  •  Eddie Vedder  •  Rick Sutcliffe