By Chaunte'l Powell
With five major league championships under his belt, Luis Sojo took his talents to Tampa to manage the Tampa Yankees in 2006. Just two years after his hiring, the T-Yanks were crowned Florida State League champions. They would go on to repeat the following year. In 2009 Sojo would take a sabbatical from the job, but not from the game. Sojo was chosen to coach his native Venezuela team in the World Baseball Classic. Venezuela went into the tournament that year with an experienced coach and a talented roster that included names like Miguel Cabrera, Bobby Abreu and closer Francisco Rodriguez. The team powered through the competition with a 6-1 tournament record. Their run through the tournament would come to a halt in the semi-final game against South Korea. In that game Carlos Silva would allow five runs in the first inning alone and it was all downhill from there. The 10-2 final score was not indicative of their overall tournament performance, but garnered nothing but praise from Sojo. He told the press “"I am very happy with my players' performances. They played like professionals every day we came to park. And they gave their all." In May of this year, the Venezuelan Baseball Federation named Sojo its manager of the 2013 World Baseball Classic. He’s also set to manage the team this September in the World Baseball Championship and the Pan-American games in October. The question is will this be after a successful playoff run with his Tampa Yankees?
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