Sammy Sosa’s new skin tone causes stir online

The internet wants to know: What happened to Sammy Sosa's skin?

Jul 14, 2017

The internet wants to know: What happened to Sammy Sosa‘s skin?

During an interview this week on ESPN, Sosa was wearing a bright pink hat, and Twitter sat up and took notice of the fact that his skin tone matched that of the hat.

The comparisons abounded, from raw chicken to invisible man to the Pink Panther.

The 48-year-old former baseball pro hit 609 career home runs and won the 1998 NL MVP Award with the Cubs before he retired in 2007.

You can check out some of the best Twitter offerings below.

Sammy Sosa really living his life as a one man Neapolitan Ice Cream pic.twitter.com/enU75FS5ML

— Ol’ QWERTY Bastard (@TheDiLLon1) July 13, 2017

Sammy Sosa look like the milk at the bottom of a bowl of Fruity Pebbles. pic.twitter.com/y3nPyL1HtF

— Craig Bro Dude (@CraigSJ) July 13, 2017

sammy sosa = the perfect example of a dominican that doesn’t want to be defined as black. self hate is real. dominicans in denial is real.

— Jessica Johnson (@iheartdilla) July 13, 2017

Sammy Sosa really on his way to becoming the first invisible man pic.twitter.com/PtScjSlU6X

— Villaz (@ChrisVillaz) July 13, 2017

It’s sad that the emotional pain Sammy Sosa feels about being black is so sharp he was willing to endure bleaching himself pink.

— roxane gay (@rgay) July 13, 2017