Cubs left with little in outfield

Sammy Sosa's overpaid, there's little question about that. And of course, at 36 he's old for a player in a ball-centric sport. But being old and overpaid doesn't necessarily mean he can't still do some things. And it doesn't mean he can't make a lot of Orioles fans happy, and a lot of Cubs fans angry.

True, in each of the last three seasons, Sosa's stats have been worse than the year before:

     Games  HR   Avg   OBP  Slug
2001  160   64  .328  .437  .737
2002  150   49  .288  .399  .594
2003  137   40  .279  .358  .553
2004  126   35  .253  .332  .517

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