Sammy Sosa just doesn't get it

Several sources are reporting that Sammy Sosa is unhappy that the Washington Nationals are offering him "only" $500,000 to play this season and he is threatening to retire. Apparently, he believes he should be offered at least twice that amount because of his past service to baseball. That's not how it works, Sammy. Teams decide whether to sign a free agent and for how much based on how they feel he will perform in the future. Sosa may have a good season left in him, but it sure didn't look like it last year. His bat speed looked very slow, he seemed slow both in the field and on the base paths which is why the Nationals were the only team that even considered signing him.