You would never believe this about Sammy Sosa

He tested positive for steroids.

I'm as shocked as you are.

Can we just release the whole damn list already?

I'm getting tired of a name here and there sneaking all depending on who as an agenda.

The whole list. Now.

From the 'Didn't this happen already? desk: Sosa set to retire

According to Yoel Adams of ESPN Deportes, former Chicago Cub Sammy Sosa plans to announce his formal retirement.

Sosa has 609 career home runs, but so many of them could be tainted. During the race with Mark McGwire, America was glued to its TV sets, only to find out steroids fueled the crazy barrage of home runs.

However, Sosa will not let steroids or performancing-enhancing drugs tarnish the game he brought back after the baseball strike. He just won't allow it.

Is there any player out there who would have his type of numbers, yet not collected among the greats. You could get a nice autograph of his for around $40 on eBay. A 600-home run hitter for $40. Amazing.

He says this to Adams:

"Everything I achieved, I did it thanks to my perseverance, which is why I never had any long, difficult moments [as a baseball player]. If you have a bad day in baseball, and start thinking about it, you will have ten more," said Sosa.

"I will calmly wait for my induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Don't I have the numbers to be inducted?"

"I always played with love and responsibility and I assure you that I will not answer nor listen to rumors. If anything ugly comes up in the future, we will confront it immediately, but with all our strength because I will not allow anybody to tarnish what I did in the field," said Sosa.

"The scandal on steroids and all those suspensions will not overshadow the game. Currently, there are many Latino players performing well [offensively]. There's [Albert] Pujols, Carlos Pena; Nelson Cruz has 15. Then what? There's someone else that already has 22 home runs [Adrian Gonzalez] ... we have hit and will continue to hit homers in the major leagues," added Sosa.