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RETIRING. MARK MCGWIRE, 38, St. Louis Cardinals slugger who was first to hit 70 homers in a season, beating Roger Maris' 1961 record of 61. His record stood until this year, when Barry Bonds hit 73. An injured, frustrated McGwire told reporters he was no longer able to perform "at...
RETIRED. MARK MCGWIRE, 38, the American baseball slugger who enthralled fans in 1998 as he chased and then broke Roger Maris' single-season home-run record only to see Barry Bonds eclipse the mark this year; in St. Louis. McGwire, a 12-time All-Star first baseman who hit a...
This time around there won't be any McGwire-family love-ins at home plate. No adorably accented declarations about how wonderful the game has been to him. No Maris family watching, square-jawed and teary-eyed, from their box seats on the brink of inevitability.
Despite Bonds' heroics, baseball fans seem a little homered out. Maris held the record for 37 years, and suddenly there's an assault twice in four seasons? Kids think record chasing is routine; older fans wonder about juiced baseballs and lousy pitching.
APRIL 9--Invites widows of Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris for a screening of Billy Crystal's HBO baseball movie 61*.