Sammy Sosa: Clearing the Vines
- ISBN-10
- 158261024X
- ISBN-13
- 9781582610245
- Series
- Sammy Sosa
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 223
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Sports Pub
- Author
- George Castle
Description
Sosa helped put the spotlight back on Major League Baseball in the summer of '98. His record-setting season made him a media magnet, and his charm has made him a celebrity. Clearing the Vines is a paperback biography that takes sports fans from the Dominican streets, where Sosa grew up, to his days in Wrigley Field, where he has developed into a national hero.
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