European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and june sports red Bull energized by recent racing Page 37 Sammy slams 600 Tony fans cheer and Chicago cubs look on from the dugout As Texas Ranger Sammy Sosa Heads toward Home celebrating after hitting his 600th Ca reer Home run against cubs Pitcher Jason Marquis in the fifth inning on Sosa is the fifth player to reach the sosas Milestone Homer comes against former club by Stephen Hawkins the associated press Texas Sammy sosas 600th Homer resembled so Many that came be fore except this time the Chicago cubs were on the other playing for the Texas rangers after a year out of Sosa became the fifth member of the 600homer club wednesday night when he connected against his former after driving a 12 pitch to right Center for a Solo shot in the fifth inning of Texas 73 Vic slamming Sammy bounced out of the Bat ters Box with his trademark hop and thrust his right fist into the air before reaching first he was mobbed at Home plate by his teammates while the scoreboard showed Pic Tures of All five members of the elite club Hank Barry babe Willie Mays and it was something that cannot be sex Sosa getting my 600th against Chicago and my first team was the Texas its like everything my i dont know what they Sosa played for the cubs from 1992 to winning the 98 my map award and making seven Allstar teams while hitting 545 homers with 600 came off Jason Marquis the 364th Pitcher the 38yearold Sosa has Hom ered off in his 18 major league it was a Cutter i left up in the mar quis i went away from my and he made me pay for other than the fact that it Cost us the it Doest really it was sosas 12th Homer in 62 games this season since signing a minor league Deal and making the roster in Spring training with the franchise that gave him his he hit his first big league Homer with the rangers in Sosa also has 52 which ranks seventh in the american he has homered against every major league team in his after going into the dugout with his team Sosa came out for a curtain he blew kisses to the crowd and acknowledged the cubs dugout by pounding his Chest with his and Chicago manager Lou Piniella pointed Back toward the Sosa had never faced the cubs before the series opener tuesday a countdown Banner that has Hung in right Field for about a month was flipped from 599 to 600 and a new Banner was unfurled in Center Field congratulating Sosa for joining the 600homer chants of Sammy Sammy prompted a second curtain Call by while Sosa has had an impressive come Back this his Pursuit of 600 homers was overshadowed by the rangers having the worst record in baseball and Bonds Chase to catch Aaron atop the career Home run list Bonds has 748 homers seven shy of Aarons Mark with Only three in his last 97 Ruth is third on the Home run list with 714 and Mays is fourth with Sosa had a similar Homer 600 was Only his second in 22 games r a Span of 83 a bats in which his Only other Homer was a grand slam Friday at it was a Good he should be proud of Piniella i wish he would have done it in a losing Effort but its a tremendous and he should enjoy the see Sosa on Page 33 hop to it Sammy Sosa joined an elite club with his 600th Home run that quite a few Home run hops wednesday night in heres a look at 10 of the most memorable Home runs in sosas career 1 june rangers red 1 at Fenway off Roger Clemens his first Homer in the that was my first major league Home run that something nobody i thought Clemens was throwing 200 Miles per May cubs at Iju Wrigley off Ryan his first Homer As a cub after a Trade from the White o a 7my cubs Dia at Bank one Ball off Alan his first grand cubs brew Zoy at Wrigley off Eric Sosa passes Roger mans with his 62nd of the its one of the greatest moments of my off the games Best a a c cubs As at Oft Shane carried a Small at Wrigley off carried a Small american Flag around the bases after Only thing i could do for cubs Wrigley off Tony first of two in Side Shepark you dont get to hop on youre Only run Caa april cubs o u u at great american Ball off Scott his first season at a one of the 2003 bran new cubs Pijo Ai Wrigley off Ryan the cubs Victory clinched their Only division title in Sossos time in we had a team that year probably the est team i was Coo april rangers red o o 7 sox at rangers off his first Homer As a returning especially after coming Back and being gone for a to go out there and receive All that applause was very pave sessions fort Worth Star Telegram Oregon state awaits Rice unc Winner in cos final 0276