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.

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 ...

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.

Former Cubs great Sammy Sosa, who once was the face of Chicago’s Friendly Confines, made his long-anticipated return to the ...

"Mark McGwire hits his 62nd home run of the 1998 season, breaking Roger Maris' record for the most in a single season" - @BaseballQuotes1. The race between Sosa and McGwire ended with the St ...

Sammy Sosa once reminisced about his iconic home run rivalry with Mark McGwire In his career, seven-time All-Star Sammy Sosa has hit 609 home runs. Sosa had three seasons with the Chicago Cubs in ...

Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire, and the home run chase of 1998 Steroids or not, the home run chase of 25 years ago was an exciting season. ‘Gould’s Law’ shows it was also a statistical aberration.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Before Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were two faces of the steroids era, their 1998 home run chase was their biggest thing in baseball in decades. Yankees manager Aaron Boone was ...

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 ...