Sammy Sosa was chosen Most Valuable Player of the friendship seven-game series an all-star team of the Major League staged in Japan. In the last game, he batted his third home run to please Japanese crowds. In his first chance in the series, he also batted a home run. The Dominican slugger has taken center stage during the series. Sosa has been seen daily on Japanese TV blowing kisses with his two fingers and bowing in Japanese style. Sosa has donated the proceeds from TV commercials he has made here to help the victims of Hurricane Georges in his homeland, the Dominican Republic. According to Japanese press, Sosa has asked a Japanese governor to donate temporary housing used after the 1995 Kobe Earthquake to the DR. The US Major League All-Stars Team defeated the Japanese 5-2 in the series.
