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 ...
139 GAMES
BARRY BONDS 2001: 59
138 GAMES
SAMMY SOSA 2001: 53
139 GAMES
MARK McGWIRE 1998: 57
Bonds update: Hit a home run in seventh inning off Arizona’s Miguel Batista at San Francisco.
Sosa update: Went 0 for 4 in Chicago Cubs’ 8-1 loss at Florida.
Factoid: In 1998, McGwire hit his 59th home run in the St. Louis Cardinals’ 140th game.
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