Slammin' Sammy: The Sammy Sosa Story
Slammin' Sammy: The Sammy Sosa Story
Release: 2002-01-01
·Runtime: 60m
Animation
History
Learn the true story of Chicago Cubs right fielder and baseball legend Sammy Sosa in this animated biography that traces the athlete's inspiring ascent from his childhood in the Dominican Republic to one of the sport's best-known sluggers. The film details the strong work ethic that helped propel Sosa to the big leagues, and follows his famed 1998 duel with rival Mark McGwire for the single-season home-run record.
Production Companies
Ruby-Spears Productions
SSA Productions
Lil' Vision
Urban Vision
Cast
Tarik Batal
as Additional Voices (voice)
Doron Bell
as Additional Voices (voice)
Saffron Henderson
as Raquel Sosa / Magalise Sosa (voice)
Paul Dobson
as Omar Minaya / Domingo / Chicago Cubs' Assistant / Bill Clinton(voice)
David Kaye
as Male Reporter / Chicago Cubs' Play-by-Play Announcer / Second Reporter (voice)
Scott McNeil
as Play-by-play Announcer / Texas Rangers' Catcher (voice)
Alvin Sanders
as Coach Billy Williams / Minor League Umpire / Chicago White Sox's Play-by-play Announcer (voice)
Brad Swaile
as Sammy Sosa as a teenager / Child Fan #2 (voice)
Cathy Weseluck
as The Sosa Family's Sister / Female Reporter / Third Reporter / Keysha Sosa (voice)
Sammy Sosa
as Self (archive footage)
Philip Maurice Hayes
as Mark McGwire / Politician (voice)
Francisco Trujillo Avalos-Davidson
as Juan Bautista Montero (voice)
Neil Denis
as Additional Voices (voice)
Michael Benyaer
as Sammy Sosa(voice)
Richard Newman
as Chicago White Sox's Manager / Award Host (voice)
Zahf Paroo
as Additional Voices (voice)
Dale Wilson
as Jim Riggleman / Jeff Pentland / Sports Anchor / First Reporter (voice)
Brent Chapman
as Additional Voices (voice)
Tony Alcantar
as Luis Sosa (voice)
Michael Dobson
as St. Louis Cardinals' Announcer (voice)
Aaron Joseph
as Luis Sosa as a Child (voice)
Tonjha Richardson
as Marta (voice)