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...Cover, professor, Stanford: Ted Williams would have generated 19.62 runs per game in 1941 if he had batted in all nine places in the lineup. Babe Ruth would have generated 19.13 runs per game in 1923, but no modern player is close. McGwire is consistently around 13, and Sosa is 8.3 this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Oct. 12, 1998 | 10/12/1998 | See Source »

Three men in baseball history have hit 50 home runs in back-to-back seasons--Mark McGwire, Ken Griffey Jr. and Babe Ruth. The first two have both done it since 1995; Ruth...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, | Title: The Greene Line | 9/30/1998 | See Source »

...popular children's TV show, which opens Nov. 20 and is expected to be a powerful contender in the intense holiday family-entertainment race. But that move to Nov. 25 puts A Bug's Life in direct competition with Universal's sequel to the popular pig movie, Babe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Battle Of The Bugs | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

...first time up he grounded out on a 3-0 pitch, the first 3-0 pitch the leader in walks had swung at all year. But his next time up he willed some lame line-drive single to jump over the wall. It was his less cocky version of Babe Ruth's called home run. "As humble as he is, his wanting to do it and forcing it are about as close as he'll ever come to calling it. He wanted to hit it that day, and he did," LaRussa said. "To me, it was literally superhuman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mark McGwire: Long Live The King | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

HOME RUNS 1927: 60, Babe Ruth 1961: 61, Roger Maris, a 1.7% increase 1998: 62, Mark McGwire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Sep. 21, 1998 | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

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