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During Major League Baseball 's (MLB) 1998 season, Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals and Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs pursued the league's long-standing and highly coveted single-season home run record (61), set in 1961 by Roger Maris. The season-long chase culminated on September 8, 1998, when McGwire, facing Sosa and the Cubs, hit his ...
Retrieved 24 June 2012. Exceptional homer-hitting resumes for all, adding to the luster of the fact that Thome—at least in terms of sheer volume in career home runs and walk-off home runs—eclipsed them all: Jim Thome 13, Babe Ruth 12, Jimmie Foxx 12, Stan Musial 12, Mickey Mantle 12, Frank Robinson 12.
Sosa's 20th home run in the month of June is a new MLB record for most home runs in one month. July 7 – The American League defeats the National League 13–8, in the 69th All–Star Game at Coors Field in Denver. Baltimore's Roberto Alomar is named the game's MVP, going 3–for–4 with a home run, one RBI, one stolen base, and two runs scored.
What a moment -- and it's crazy to think how messy things got years after 1998, the summer when baseballs flew and fans couldn't get enough. TBT: Mark McGwire blasted his 62nd home run on Sept. 8 ...
Major League Baseball. The Home Run Derby is an annual home run hitting competition in Major League Baseball (MLB) customarily held the day before the MLB All-Star Game, which places the contest on a Monday in July. In the context of the competition a "home run" consists of hitting a baseball in fair territory out of the playing field on the fly.
Barry Bonds, the all-time career home run leader in Major League Baseball, led the league in home runs twice including in 2001 when he set the record single-season mark. In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit so far that the batter is able to circle all the bases ending at home plate, scoring himself plus any runners already on base, with no errors by the defensive team on the ...
September 8, 1998 – Cubs pitcher Steve Trachsel gave up Mark McGwire's 62nd home run of the season. The home run would break the record set by Roger Maris for most home runs in a season. September 13, 1998 – Sammy Sosa hits home runs number 61 and 62 tying McGwire in the home run race in the Cubs 11-10 win over Milwaukee.
The 1998 Major League Baseball postseasonwas the playoff tournament of Major League Baseballfor the 1998 season. The winners of the League Division Serieswould move on to the League Championship Seriesto determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series. This was the first postseason in which teams were seeded by their ...