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What in the name of Michael Jackson is up with Sammy Sosa?

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Retirement, or something, appears to be changing Sammy Sosa(notes). He and wife, Sonia, were recently in Las Vegas for the Latin Grammys, which included a tribute on Wednesday to singer Juan Gabriel. Photogs caught the Sosas on the red carpet and Sonia looks fabulous as always. As for Sammy ... well, there’s no getting around it, but Sammy looked kind of pale.

His skin is undeniably lighter than at any time since he broke into the majors in 1989. Is it an illness, or a condition such as Vitiligo, in which depigmentation occurs? Is Sammy just bleaching his skin for fashion’s sake? (Heh, “just.”)

I wonder if he is changing his look, simply because his eyes are a different color. Sammy was born with brown eyes. He’s taken to wearing green contact lenses and, quite frankly, they are extremely creepy. Is he co-starring in the upcoming “Twilight” sequel? The plastic suit also bothers me, just because it does.

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1. KronicFatigue Posted: November 07, 2009 at 02:12 PM (#3381829)

i assumed the author was exaggerating until i clicked the link. whoa.

2. Crispix Attacks Posted: November 07, 2009 at 02:14 PM (#3381830)

How will this affect his Hall of Fame chances?

3. Best Regards, Larry Mahnken (Dewey is a slacker) Posted: November 07, 2009 at 02:48 PM (#3381840)

I bet that he put his wife's makeup on to look better on camera, and didn't use the right shade.

4. RJ in TO Posted: November 07, 2009 at 02:56 PM (#3381844)

If so, that's a ####-load of makeup that he tossed on himself.

5. Best Regards, Larry Mahnken (Dewey is a slacker) Posted: November 07, 2009 at 02:57 PM (#3381846)

Well, he's a baseball player.

6. RJ in TO Posted: November 07, 2009 at 02:58 PM (#3381847)

Not any more.

7. Young Blasarius yonder Posted: November 07, 2009 at 03:05 PM (#3381849)

Ah Baseball Think Factory, I can always can on you for something interesting to start my day off with...(and yeah, this is pretty much the second site I check out upon waking...)

8. Andere Richtingen

Posted: November 07, 2009 at 03:49 PM (#3381861)

That is freaky. I guess it could be makeup, but I'm doubting it. More pictures here.

If Sosa has proven anything in his years in the public eye, it's that he has absolutely no clue as to how he is perceived by others. Michael Jackson is a creepy analog that I have never considered, but I can see it.

9. Tom Cervo, backup catcher Posted: November 07, 2009 at 03:58 PM (#3381864)

Maybe he's the one non-teenage girl fan of Twilight.

10. Cecil Fielder's Gut Posted: November 07, 2009 at 04:43 PM (#3381880)

That's creepy.

11. Swoboda is freedom Posted: November 07, 2009 at 04:44 PM (#3381881)

If so, that's a ####-load of makeup that he tossed on himself.

I think a #### load would make him look darker. You need something to make him lighter.

12. tl; dr (Voxter)

Posted: November 07, 2009 at 04:50 PM (#3381890)

Jesus Christ.

13. Latnam's first name is Bob Lemon's middle name. Posted: November 07, 2009 at 04:53 PM (#3381893)

That is freaky. I tried to make my wife guess who he was, and when I told her she didn't believe me.

14. JoeHova Posted: November 07, 2009 at 05:25 PM (#3381902)

Wow, if that's not a trick of the light or something, I don't know what to say. Hopefully it's not a disease that's causing that.

15. SteveM. Posted: November 07, 2009 at 05:49 PM (#3381910)

I wonder of that is an impostor. I mean Michael Jackson's slide into a multiracial mess took several years, and Sammy still looks like Sammy in pictures from last year.

16. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: November 07, 2009 at 05:56 PM (#3381915)

Bleached creature!

17. Howie B. Posted: November 07, 2009 at 06:24 PM (#3381923)

I bet that he put his wife's makeup on to look better on camera, and didn't use the right shade.

Why would he put makeup on his hands?

18. Best Regards, Larry Mahnken (Dewey is a slacker) Posted: November 07, 2009 at 06:29 PM (#3381926)

Why would he put makeup on his hands?

The hands look fine to me.

19. jwb Posted: November 07, 2009 at 06:31 PM (#3381927)

From Andere's link, here's a picture of Sosa from last May. He looks a few years older than he did a few years ago, but not like someone has been spiking his Soft Soap with Chlorox or that he forgot to take shower after getting off work at the flour mill or something.

20. Gamingboy Posted: November 07, 2009 at 06:36 PM (#3381929)

Woah. That... is... weird.

21. Dock Ellis on Acid

Posted: November 07, 2009 at 06:48 PM (#3381941)

He looks like the Joker, Nicholson version.

22. Andere Richtingen

Posted: November 07, 2009 at 07:07 PM (#3381959)

Halloween costume gone awry?

23. Walt Davis Posted: November 07, 2009 at 07:18 PM (#3381968)

You guys have it backwards. He missed his appointment at the tanning booth.

24. Kiko Sakata

Posted: November 07, 2009 at 07:32 PM (#3381976)

He looks like the Joker, Nicholson version.

That was exactly my take. It's not just the bleaching. There's something clown-ish going on with his facial features, too. Very creepy.

25. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: November 07, 2009 at 08:23 PM (#3382012)

This photo of Sammy Sosa is as bad as the others.

26. SteveM. Posted: November 07, 2009 at 11:14 PM (#3382078)

Something must be wrong with all of us. No one has commented on the other person's attributes.

27. flournoy Posted: November 07, 2009 at 11:20 PM (#3382079)

Yeah, I think I can go the rest of my life without seeing any more new pictures of Sosa. I shudder to think what he's going to look like in ten years.

Something must be wrong with all of us. No one has commented on the other person's attributes.

That's how you know for sure that Sosa looks bad, that he can make his wife's breasts invisible. The expression on her face doesn't help.

28. rLr Is King Of The Romans And Above Grammar Posted: November 07, 2009 at 11:24 PM (#3382082)

New Sammy kind of looks like Lou Bega.

29. Alex_Lewis Posted: November 07, 2009 at 11:54 PM (#3382094)

We're definitely in uncanny valley territory, here.

30. Swoboda is freedom Posted: November 08, 2009 at 12:56 AM (#3382108)

Something must be wrong with all of us. No one has commented on the other person's attributes

They look as fake as Sammy's skin?

31. Phil Coorey, You Won't Posted: November 08, 2009 at 01:13 AM (#3382115)

Scary

32. Misirlou's got a busy day, he's wearing a vest Posted: November 08, 2009 at 01:34 AM (#3382119)

11. Swoboda is freedom Posted: November 07, 2009 at 12:44 PM (#3381881)
If so, that's a ####-load of makeup that he tossed on himself.

I think a #### load would make him look darker. You need something to make him lighter.

12. Greg Maddux Greg (Voxter) Posted: November 07, 2009 at 12:50 PM (#3381890)
Jesus Christ.

That would do it.

33. Morty Causa Posted: November 08, 2009 at 02:29 AM (#3382135)

They look as fake as Sammy's skin?

Now it's all starting to come together.

34. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: November 08, 2009 at 02:36 AM (#3382136)

If Barry Bonds shows up with Halle Berry's complexion, and Mark McGwire goes from beet red to princess pink, then the pieces will start to fall into place.

35. Long-Time Fan Posted: November 08, 2009 at 04:46 AM (#3382174)

And what about A-Rod's purple lips?

36. Crispix Attacks Posted: November 08, 2009 at 04:56 AM (#3382176)

"Derek Jeter showed up at the Biracial Grammys today covered by a wide-brimmed hat and a veil. Sources claim a rash seemingly covered his entire body."

37. RB in NYC (Now with New Running Goal!) Posted: November 08, 2009 at 04:57 AM (#3382177)

Holy hell

38. Brandon in MO (Yunitility Infielder) Posted: November 08, 2009 at 05:29 AM (#3382187)

What if Sosa has been wearing makeup for 25 years+ and he left it off one night?

Ok, nevermind

39. vortex of dissipation Posted: November 08, 2009 at 05:32 AM (#3382188)

Ok, nevermind

Bleach has just been re-issued. Maybe the new look is Sosa's tribute to that...

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