McGwire's and Sosa's home run totals are acknowledged but certainly not hallowed. The chase is part of the larger PED story, but Barry Bonds' record chases are a much more significant part, I think.

The race between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa for the single-season home run record in 1998. At the start of that season, Roger Maris' 61 home runs in 1961 had stood as the record for nearly 40 years.

It's been 22 years since Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa captured baseball fans with their epic race to break Roger Maris' 1961 single-season home run record. But for as exhilarating the summer of ...

In 1996, Sosa hit his 40th home run on Aug. 19, but he broke his wrist the next day and missed the remainder of the season. In 1997, he played in all 162 games, finishing with 36 homers and 119 RBIs.

Cal Raleigh and Aaron Judge are putting on a show similar to what Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa did in 1998. But this chase is better because the 'clean' home run record is at stake.

But 1998 saw the phenomenal home run race between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa that is the subject of AJ Schnack’s rousing and ultimately deflating documentary “Long Gone Summer,” and once ...

We know how the rest of the story unfolded, but Sosa's June run is what made this thing a two-horse race among division rivals. Without that, who knows how McGwire holds up under the pressure.

Before tuning in to watch ESPN's "Long Gone Summer" (9 p.m. ET Sunday on ESPN) on the famous 1998 race between Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals and Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubsto top ...

May 30, 1998: Mark McGwire of St. Louis Cardinals hits 27th home run in Cardinals' 53rd game of the season, well ahead of Roger Maris' pace. Skip Navigation. ... The ’98 race – Big Mac mashes ...

Chicago Cubs fans were grieving the death of longtime announcer and “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” crooner Harry Caray on Opening Day in 1998. Soon, they would have a reason to smile. The ...