StillUnknown Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/NATL-Sammy-Sosas--69480167.html It's typical for an athletes' appearance to change after they retire from professional sports -- they pack on a few pounds and age like normal people. But there's something stunningly different about Sammy Sosa's post-baseball look. Recent photos snapped of the former Chicago Cubs slugger show a shocking transformation: his skin is turning white -- stark white. In addition, he appears to be wearing green contact lenses, which is no big deal compared with the impossible-to-miss pigmentation change. The above photo shows Sosa on the left at a May 2009 People Magazine event. The right is Sosa, who retired in 2007 with 609 career homers, earlier this week in Las Vegas for the Latin Grammys. While neither Sosa or anyone close to him has addressed the change in skin tone, baseball bloggers are speculating that it could be some cosmetic lightening process or worse, a side-effect of using performance enhancing drugs -- although there appears to be little to no evidence that steroid use can lead to skin lightening disorder such as vitiligo. In June, the New York Times reported that Sosa tested positive for a banned substance in 2003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullnelson9999 Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 ewwwwwwwwwwww Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolblue13 Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Are you saying Sosa may have done steroids? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 Are you saying Sosa may have done steroids? i never heard of steroids turning a person's skin white Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue collar Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Maybe he has vitiligo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grhqofb5 Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Damn... Tig ol bitties. Edit: On a serious note, it looks like the lighting of the photo has a lot to do with it. But there's still something going on here. Edit no. 2: Actually I'm aghast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolblue13 Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 maybe the little evil monster that used to inhabit Michael Jackson, found a new host. If he moves into an amusement park, buys a monkey and invites a gay pornographer to live with him, don't let you children sleep at Sammys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsfan07 Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 biggest question..................who's the hottie he's with??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 wow. that's no small change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 could be the same condition Michael Jackson had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slateman Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Thats gotta be some sort of camera malfunctioin . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haithman Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Forget the skin. WTF is in his hair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 No big deal. People turn into vampires all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Mike Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 FYI. It's hard to tell anything from a single photo. And I don't know if that's the only evidence. But a harsh light, bright flash and bad photo re-touching job can make for some unusual and dramatic effects. I don't know if that's the case and to tell the truth, I really don't care one way or another. Just sayin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdoctor Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 whos he with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Man he looks like ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 whos he with? thats his wife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffSchmeff Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Someone has to fill Jacko's shoes. Sosa is doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jofizz Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-08-sammy-sosa-nov08,0,7519658.story The picture is deceiving. He said, 'If you saw me in person, you would be surprised. When you see me in person, it is not going to seem like the picture.' Hm.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 1 to 4 odds he gets the nose job?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallascrushers Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 oh noooooo we have another Michael Jackson re born...must have the same plastic surgeon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 oh noooooo we have another Michael Jackson re born...must have the same plastic surgeon Jackson had Vitiligo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devastate Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Steroids make you white? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Jackson had Vitiligo. That was the excuse given to the public, but I've never seen such uniformity in the lack of skin pigmentation, usually its very blotchy. Sosa can claim camera flashes and all that but there's no way that a camera flash and bad lighting does that to someone who was as dark as Sosa was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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