Editing Sammy Sosa (section)

===Year off (2006)===
At the end of January 2006, the [[Washington Nationals]] offered Sosa two different minor-league offers, both of which he turned down. On February 15, 2006, Sosa's agent [[Adam Katz]] stated: "We're not going to put him on the retirement list. We decided that [not putting him on that list] was the best thing to do. But I can say, with reasonable certainty, that we've seen Sammy in a baseball uniform for the last time."<ref>Jayson Stark (February 16, 2006). [https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2332063 Sosa passes on Nats; likely to end career.] ESPN.com. Accessed June 5, 2007.</ref> During that year, Sosa accompanied President [[Leonel Fernández]] of the Dominican Republic on several diplomatic trips including to the United States, Japan, and [[Taiwan]].