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Retirement, or something, appears to be changing Sammy Sosa(notes). He and wife, Sonia, were recently in Las Vegas for the Latin Grammys, which included a tribute on Wednesday to singer Juan Gabriel. Photogs caught the Sosas on the red carpet and Sonia looks fabulous as always. As for Sammy ... well, there's no getting around it, but Sammy looked kind of pale.

His skin is undeniably lighter than at any time since he broke into the majors in 1989. Is it an illness, or a condition such as Vitiligo, in which depigmentation occurs? Is Sammy just bleaching his skin for fashion's sake? (Heh, "just.")

I wonder if he is changing his look, simply because his eyes are a different color. Sammy was born with brown eyes. He's taken to wearing green contact lenses and, quite frankly, they are extremely creepy. Is he co-starring in the upcoming "Twilight" sequel? The plastic suit also bothers me, just because it does.

Sammy, who hasn't played since 2007, has been accused of using modern chemistry to help him attain 609 career homers — including three seasons of 60-plus. Perhaps he's turning to science to give him a different veneer as he approaches his 41st birthday. Below, check out a few comparison shots to judge for yourself.

Shiny suit: check. Shiny hair: check. New fake eyes: check. Skin: as you were.

There's our brown-eyed handsome man. He generally resembles the skinny kid from San Pedro De Macoris. He also married well.

Sammy liked to do stuff to his hair back in the day. Has it lead to some kind of total obsession about his look?

The King of Pop underwent a similar kind of transformation.

• Due credit: 'Duk checked his e-mail and found this link from Jerod at Midwest Sports Fans. They discovered, to the best of my knowledge, the Sammy Sosa lightening. If you will.

Sports By Brooks also puts its own slant on the Sammy-turning-white saga, so check them out too.

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  1. John W
    1. Posted by John W Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:01 pm EST

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    WTF! Haloween was last weak ya freak!
  2. elchorizo5
    2. Posted by elchorizo5 Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:14 pm EST

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    On the bright side ,not a bad rack.
  3. vanessa
    3. Posted by vanessa Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:26 pm EST

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    Wow, he looks scary. he looks like he saw himself in the mirror and got spooked.
  4. Alex H
    4. Posted by Alex H Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:46 pm EST

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    Can't stand Sosa. What a friggin' weirdo. Guy looks like slimy street corner pimp.
  5. CarlosA
    5. Posted by CarlosA Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:54 pm EST

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    wow thats kind of spooky !
  6. Butt Pirate
    6. Posted by Butt Pirate Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:04 pm EST

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    He is related to Ashy Larry.
  7. uhhh, clem
    7. Posted by uhhh, clem Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:32 pm EST

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    my only question is, do you think that it'll keep him out of the hall?
  8. habs1rule
    8. Posted by habs1rule Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:44 pm EST

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    @9 Only if it has a mirror in it!!
  9. cuffablimp
    9. Posted by cuffablimp Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:52 pm EST

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    It obviously wasn't the effects of a sun lamp. Maybe he had a discoloration that needed to be touched over.
  10. Duk
    10. Posted by 'Duk Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:10 pm EST

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    I'm going to go with the theory that Evil Sammy was keeping this Sammy locked in a cave for the last 15 or so years. Poor guy probably got no sunlight.
  11. AnGeL~FaN
    11. Posted by AnGeL~FaN Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:17 pm EST

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    what the?
  12. Franshesca
    12. Posted by Franshesca Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:05 am EST

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    he looks UGLY!!!!!!!
  13. Franshesca
    13. Posted by Franshesca Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:07 am EST

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    Im Dominican Im am proud of our different shades of colors God created everyone with their own form of beauty this is disturbing and a form of an insult as well Sonia is beautiful Idk how she can go around with something looking like that!
  14. sasha
    14. Posted by sasha Sat Nov 07, 2009 1:55 am EST

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    Wow aint self hatred a [profane] ?! LOL the topic of this article is so funny...what in the name of Michael Jackson is up with Sammy Sosa? That's a classic...That made me chuckle quite a bit...
    Sammy Sosa is bleaching and he looks ashy and disgusting . You cant run and hide from your DNA not even Michael Jackson could. Sammy Sosa is a black dominican and sadly he hates it and it shows....
    This is disgusting. Black people in general have come so far ...all types of powerful beautiful talented black people all over the world and you do this yourself Sammy? Want to look a lil closer to Massa ? You look like a damn fool there I said it .
  15. The JONO
    15. Posted by The JONO Sat Nov 07, 2009 2:47 am EST

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    Wow, I hope that was a bad accident with some cake makeup
  16. Johnny Appleseed
    16. Posted by Johnny Appleseed Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:25 am EST

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    She looks rather... disgusted in this photo, doesn't she? I would too if I were standing next to a guy who resembled those circus clowns painted on the side of carnival moving trucks.
  17. sam spade
    17. Posted by sam spade Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:42 am EST

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    that's so funny.
  18. elchorizo5
    18. Posted by elchorizo5 Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:08 am EST

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    Samy should try to bring back the s curl.I can picture him with a bottle of actibator in his hand.
  19. Joe Cool
    19. Posted by Joe Cool Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:46 am EST

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    Fake eyes, fake skin colour, fake home run power, ............
  20. Aaron
    20. Posted by Aaron Sat Nov 07, 2009 10:15 am EST

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    The writer is wrong for mentioning Michael Jackson name in this article because he's deceased and have nothing to do with Sammy Sosa's (bulll [profane]).Sammy Sosa here is on some bullsh1t.He have his has color contacts in eyes (green),his skin went from darkskin to white.MJ skin color changed slowly as he aged,but when got lighter he still looked black and had color.Sammy color change in 1 year and changed his eye color.I hope they pick on him like they Michael Jackson because this is worse.
  21. sam spade
    21. Posted by sam spade Sat Nov 07, 2009 11:53 am EST

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    Michael Jackson had a skin disease called vitalego. It's a skin disease that robs you of all your pigment. Sammy's a joke.
  22. tonyknuckles
    22. Posted by tonyknuckles Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:40 pm EST

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    HAHA..laughing all the way to the weirdo bin. Sammy looks like a beefed up MJ
  23. Whit
    23. Posted by Whit Sat Nov 07, 2009 1:06 pm EST

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    Sammy is looking a damn corpse. Why Sammy?? Why???!!!

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