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Scandal, shame and the roller coaster ride that followed Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa's magical summer
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September 8, 1998: Cardinals' Mark McGwire wins the race to 62 against Sammy Sosa's Cubs – Society for American Baseball Research
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9/12/1998 SportsCenter Highlights: The McGwire/Sosa HR Chase
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1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase - Wikipedia
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The McGwire-Sosa home run chase helped make 1998 one of MLB's wildest seasons ever - ESPN
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September 1998 ESPN The Magazine MARK MCGWIRE 62 Home Run Special edition
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Historical Revisions: MLB's 1998 NL MVP: Mark McGwire vs Sammy Sosa, by Mike Gilligan
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The inside story of Ken Griffey Jr.'s performance in the 1998 Home Run Derby
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ESPN to release a Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire 1998 home run race documentary
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Cardinals @ Phillies 5/18/00 (McGwire Three Home Runs)
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Why MLB needed the Mark McGwire-Sammy Sosa home run race then — and must celebrate it now
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Why I won't watch Sosa and McGwire in 'Long Gone Summer