Article: Sosa savors return to Home Run Derby

Alex Rodriguez and Sammy Sosa clown around before Monday night's Century 21 Home Run Derby, won by Baltimore's Miguel Tejada.

HOUSTON -- Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa recalls sitting in front of his TV last July, watching the All-Star Game and the Home Run Derby played in Chicago without him. "When I watched that, it was great, a lot of fun," Sosa said Monday. "It's something people enjoy, but it would have been much better if I was there."

Wait a second. Did Sosa say he was parked in front of his TV last July 15, watching the All-Star Game? Is this the same Sosa who said, "I don't want to watch the game," before the 2003 star-studded event in his back yard at U.S. Cellular Field?

Sosa sheepishly ...

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