Sosa believes Cubs should retire his number

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Sammy Sosa took to Ustream, a live-streaming website where users can tune-in to such streams, to do an interview discussing a number of topics, including his Hall of Fame candidacy, the potential of the Cubs retiring his No. 21 and whether he may get into coaching later in his life.
Two weeks ago Sosa received just 12.5 percent of votes from the Baseball Writers Association of America, while his good friend Mark McGwire received 19.8 percent of the votes on his fifth year on the ballot. Sosa disagreed with the writers' decision to not vote him in, saying he believes both he and McGwire deserve to be elected.
"I think so," Sosa said earlier today. "I'm not gonna come here and say anything that is gonnajeopardizemy future, but time will determine everything. Right now whatever it is, it is. I am not anybody else to go up there and say what I have to say. I'm waiting for my time. I'm the type of person that doesn't like the controversy. Definitely time will determine everything."
Sosa's 609 career home runs are certainly the main reasons he believes he deserves Hall of Fame votes, and he said two of his round-trippers still stick out to him years later.
"The one that when I hit No. 62 for the first time, that was one that I feel comfortable with and I think I'm never gonna forget that one," he said. "And 600, which I hit in Texas."
Sosa said he can not narrow down his fondest memory of his playing days in Chicago, but that sprinting out to his right field position to the roars of fans in the bleachers sticks out to him.
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The topic of whether the Cubs will retire Sosa's jersey in the coming years was brought up, and Sosa said it is something he is looking forward to, but admitted should have happened earlier.
"I think that it's something that I'm looking for, something that I want to happen," Sosa said. "Kind of surprised it didn't happen before, but time determines everything and when that happens I'll be more comfortable and happy with my whole family. And this is a good number I carried for 14 years in Chicago, so that number should have been retired a long time ago."
While his number may be retired, don't expect to see Sosa in a Cubs uniform anytime soon. The slugger shot down any rumors about himself one day coaching -- in Chicago or the major leagues -- saying he is happy with where he is.
"Maybe in the future we'll have the opportunity with Chicago, down the road it might change my mind but I'm comfortable here."

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