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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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Remembering Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa's Historic Summer of '98 Home Run Chase, News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
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Sept. 27, 1998: McGwire hits 70 and is saluted as 'the new American sports hero
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Timeline: Sammy Sosa vs. Mark McGwire in 1998
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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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How Sammy Sosa-Mark McGwire 1998 home run race unfolded in season's final weeks – NBC Sports Chicago
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Sept. 27, 1998: McGwire hits 70 and is saluted as 'the new American sports hero
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Tracking the Sosa-McGwire home run chase
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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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Sept. 27, 1998: McGwire hits 70 and is saluted as 'the new American sports hero
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What you need to know about Sosa-McGwire home run chase before watching 'Long Gone Summer' - ESPN