Word: sosa
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...This has been an apt enough World Series to tack onto this glorious baseball season. The Yankees' team of faceless assassins are the perfect counterpoint to the solo gunslinging of Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, and when this team finishes the job, their numbers will loom with the rest. But good television? This Series has had its share of subplots, but its outcome -- the soul of any sporting event -- has never really been in doubt. Truly, the 1998 Yankees are destined for the history books. But history can be a dull affair when it's viewed this close...
...McGwire's record of one homer per 7.27 at bats will last well into the next century. The best home-run hitters, playing in Colorado, might hit more than 70. But McGwire hit his 70 in just 509 at bats, with 33% more homers per at bat than Sammy Sosa and 17% more than Ruth's previous major league record...
...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...
...home run race captured the country's attention as Sosa and McGwire went back and forth. It wasn't just a sports story, it was a national story that elevated baseball to its former status as America's game...
Peter, Paul and Mary fan? How about the beloved, late Woodie Guthrie? Argentina's Mercedes Sosa performs her unique brand of Spanish-language folk music tonight at Symphony Hall in Boston. Often compared to folk artists like Joan Baez, Sosa has endured political exile from Argentina, and her enchanting melodies echo these political struggles. 8:30 p.m., 301 Mass Ave in Boston (at Huntington Ave). Call Ticketmaster at 931-2000 or Symphony Charge at 266-1200. From...