On Friday, 27 September, Sammy Sosa made baseball history by becoming the first National League baseball player and the third in the Major Leagues to go six consecutive years batting 40 home runs per year. Only Babe Ruth and Alex Rodriguez, who played for the American League, have also accomplished this feat. Sosa scored his 539th homerun, making him the 10th best slugger in Major League baseball history. Sosa also became the player to bat the most homeruns in any 10-year period in the Major Leagues, surpassing the great Babe Ruth.
To make matters even better, Sosa’s 539th home run was batted in a game in which the Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates to win the Central Division title – their first in 14 years – making it into the playoffs.