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Remembering Sammy Sosa's 1998 home run chase - Axios Chicago
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9/12/1998 SportsCenter Highlights: The McGwire/Sosa HR Chase
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Remembering Sammy Sosa's chase for the home run record 25 years ago - and it's most memorable day
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The McGwire-Sosa home run chase helped make 1998 one of MLB's wildest seasons ever - ESPN
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The McGwire-Sosa home run chase helped make 1998 one of MLB's wildest seasons ever - ESPN
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As Giancarlo Stanton nears Roger Maris' old record, Sammy Sosa nowhere to be seen
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SAMMY SOSA Home Run #62 September 13,1998 8x10 PHOTO Chicago Cubs
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What you need to know about Sosa-McGwire home run chase before watching 'Long Gone Summer' - ABC7 Chicago
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Vintage Chicago Tribune: 'Summer of Sammy' Sosa home run race of 1998
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Sept. 27, 1998: McGwire hits 70 and is saluted as 'the new American sports hero
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Remembering Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa's Historic Summer of '98 Home Run Chase, News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
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As Giancarlo Stanton nears Roger Maris' old record, Sammy Sosa nowhere to be seen
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The McGwire-Sosa home run chase helped make 1998 one of MLB's wildest seasons ever - ESPN
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The McGwire-Sosa home run chase helped make 1998 one of MLB's wildest seasons ever - ESPN
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