Chasing History
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Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa are in pursuit of Mark McGwire’s major league record 70 home runs, set in 1998:
HOME RUNS AFTER ...
136 GAMES
BARRY BONDS 2001: 57
135 GAMES
SAMMY SOSA 2001: 53
136 GAMES
MARK McGWIRE 1998: 54
Bonds update: Didn’t start, intentionally walked in only at-bat in San Francisco’s victory over Colorado.
Sosa update: His 471-foot homer was the longest at Atlanta’s Turner Field as the Chicago Cubs won their fourth in a row.
Factoid: In 1998, McGwire hit his 57th homer in the St. Louis Cardinals’ 139th game.
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