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Podcast: Past Ball Podcast
Episode: McGwire Passes Roger Maris | Pastball Podcast #62
Description: McGwire Passes Roger Maris - Mark McGwire in 1998 blasted home runs at a record pace and at incredible distances all season and stayed ahead of Maris' pace for all but two games during the season. Sammy Sosa and Ken Griffey Jr, provided competition for the record, but Griffey faded in August and Sosa just could not catch up.McGwire reached 60 home runs in early September, just when Sosa's Cubs were due to come into St. Louis for a two-game set. In the first game, he blasted a Mike Morgan pitch to become just the...