Word: mcgwires
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mark McGwire's fourth homer of the spring came off Mike Mussina, who allowed four hits in five innings...
Ellis Burks leads the league in slugging percentage, Mark McGwire goes yard about every other game or so, and Albert Belle has a chance to become only the second player ever to record back-to-back 50-home run seasons. The first was Babe Ruth...
Think back, if you will, to the 1988 World Series. The mighty Oakland Athletics, a team of big-bashers led by Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire and Terry Steinbach were matched against the lowly Dodgers, a team of journeymen comprised of Mickey Hatcher, Franklin Stubbs, and Rick Dempacy...
Anyone who knew baseball, however, knew the Dodgers had no chance. The A's had "The Bash Brothers"--hulking sluggers Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire. The Dodgers had Franklin Stubbs (currently playing in Pawtucket) at first base and Mickey Hatcher, a mediocre hitter who made a career as utility player, batting third...
...began as the team's general counsel and is now, at 42, general manager of the sport's dominant franchise. Says Alderson: "We needed to build up a scouting system, develop quality players in our farm system and expand it." From the farm came a bumper crop: Canseco, McGwire and wizard shortstop Walt Weiss, who would be voted American League Rookies of the Year...