Fred Mitchell of the Chicago Tribune says that Ernie Banks would like to assist Sammy Sosa in coming forward to address allegations that he used steroids.
"I would say just do what Mark McGwire did," Banks said. "Come clean with it. Explain it to them....Just say. 'This is what happened.' It is hard to do, to admit this. Just admit it and live with it and understand it. I am sure a lot of people will forgive him."
He goes on to add that he would be willing to fly down to the Dominican Republic to meet with Sosa and have this conversation.
Hey Ernie! I know you mean well but to my knowledge, Sammy Sosa does not have any type of protection like Mark McGwire has with Tony LaRussa so I don't think there is much chance of him getting back into major league baseball in any capacity so he would not likely admit steroid use for this reason. He also knows that any steroid admission will not help his Hall of Fame chances (see Mark McGwire) so there is no incentive there for him to "come clean".
Right now, Sammy is a guy who is busy bleaching his skin and living the life of a man with a different skin pigmentation than he was born with. That has got be exciting. That said, he is not doing any steroid admissions for you or anybody else for that matter.
Save the plane trip.
Oh and Ernie? Sammy doesn't speak English.
Remember?
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