Through the 1998 season, Sammy Sosa was credited with bringing out Mark McGwire's lighter side. He also pushed him, because beating Roger Maris had become secondary to beating Sammy Sosa.

Mark McGwire's and Sammy Sosa's 1998 chase of Roger Maris' home run record got the 30 For 30 treatment. Here are six takeaways from it. Adam Caparell. June 15, 2020. Share.

The race between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa for the single-season home run record in 1998. At the start of that season, Roger Maris' 61 home runs in 1961 had stood as the record for nearly 40 years.

Sammy Sosa was the lean, springy outfielder with an iconic sideways hop unleashed each time he sent a pitch over the outfield fence. Mark McGwire was the hulking first baseman who lumbered around ...

Given what all is known now about Major League Baseball's epic home run race between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa in 1998, it might be hard to respect what they did together for the game for one ...

MLB legends Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa are back in the spotlight thanks to the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary Long Gone Summer.The film details the 1998 baseball season which unfortunately has been ...

As detailed in ESPN’s recent documentary “Long Gone Summer,” Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire will forever be remembered for their parallel bids to break Roger Maris’s 37-year-old single-season ...

Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire are back in the spotlight as ESPN released the new 30 for 30 documentary Long Gone Summer. The two baseball legends headed in different directions after they retired.

Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa captured the world's attention with the 1998 home run chase, but what have they been up to since they left the limelight? Sports newsletter 🏈's best, ...

Long Gone Summer looks back on the most famous season of Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa’s career. It also addresses their steroid use. See what they had to say. Long Gone Summer director AJ Schnack ...

MARK MCGWIRE TALKED a lot about The Baseball Gods during his playing career, a sure sign of someone who treats the game with a solemnity it doesn't deserve. He was never more publicly grave than ...

Through the 1998 season, Sammy Sosa was credited with bringing out Mark McGwire's lighter side. He also pushed him, because beating Roger Maris had become secondary to beating Sammy Sosa.