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...LOUIS: Once again, history got itself a nice round number -- courtesy of Mark McGwire. With all due respect to the wild-card playoff game that Sammy Sosa and the Cubs will play against the San Francisco Giants on Monday, the 162-game regular season is over, and so is the historic 1998 home run race. Mark McGwire did that with four staggering blasts in two days, leaving his comrade-in-forearms Sammy blinking in the dust and trying to help his Cubs find their way into the playoffs. Any Sosa comeback now in his extra nine innings is practically...
...Sosa fans were the fans of the underdog; he was black, he was Dominican, and he was pill-free. He had the little body (by comparison) and the big smile. Teddy-bear-on-the-inside or not, McGwire was the hulk. The one with the glower. The one who was supposed to break Maris's record, if you could say that about anyone, and in that way it turned out right. Who but McGwire, after all, could not just pass Maris, not just leave the pesky Sosa behind, but keep piling on the homers until he hit a nice round...
Home Run Count Mark McGwire 65 Sammy Sosa 65 Games Remaining...
Griffith Joyner's rare combination of ability and style gave her name recognition on a par with the world's top male athletes and brought well-deserved attention to her sport. She did for the popularity of women's track and field what Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa have done for the appeal of baseball. She also used her star status to benefit children. In recent years, she has helped kids through sports programs and a series of books...
Sammy's back. The Chicago slugger stroked two home runs in his Milwaukee matinee Wednesday -- at which point the Cubbies promptly blew the game. McGwire, meanwhile, got mastered by the Big Unit and didn't manage a hit against Houston. So it's tied at 65, and folks, with just a few games remaining on each sluggers' schedule, this one's obviously going down to the wire...