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Remember the thousands of camera flashes for every Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire at-bat in 1998? Remember the awe that each home run caused as you watched history unfold before your eyes...
Back then, baseball was hurting as it tried to lure back fans after the strike, and the Sosa-McGwire home run chase recaptured some of the magic of America’s national pastime. Fast forward to this postseason, and there’s a match-up waiting in the wings even more captivating than the Chase for Maris. There’s an instant classic in the making that is higher voltage than Sosa and McGwire combined...
...Williams tribute at Fenway this year and reveled in the crowd’s allegiance to the good ole days of the game. To this day, one of my favorite stories remains the have-you-ever-smelled-the-bat-burn exchange between Teddy Ballgame and Mark McGwire at the 1999 All-Star Game...
While young Rodriguez was getting his baseball education in the minor leagues, Bonds was teaching a graduate course in power offense. Baseball's stat packers have called his 2001 season one of the best ever. At 37, Bonds hit 73 home runs, breaking Mark McGwire's record. Not only did Bonds hit more dingers, he needed 33 fewer at bats to do it. And he walked 177 times, breaking Babe Ruth's record for perambulation...
...rest of the top-ten field was solid (see box). Aaron, Robinson, McGwire, Gehrig, Williams, DiMaggio: these men earned respect, and strong men misted up to see most of the survivors on the field as their moments were announced. It was also tonic to see the game's medieval power and glamour recognized. Five of the ten moments took place more than a half-century ago. Baseball, more than any other sport, is its past. Commissioner Bud Selig wanted the fans to remember this - and not the more recent stains on the game - when he first announced that the Memorable...