Sosa caught fire in June, hitting a major league record 20 home runs in the month, and his home run race with Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire transformed the pair into international superstars in a matter of weeks.

He has the seventh-highest slugging percentage lifetime of any ballplayer in major league history, at. 605, ahead of such sluggers as Mark McGwire and Joe DiMaggio.

He matched what was then the single-season home run record by a right-handed batter, ( Jimmy Foxx, 1932 ); the mark would stand for 66 years until it was broken by Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire.

Since then, only Ted Williams ( 1960, 29 ), Dave Kingman ( 1986 ; 35 ), Mark McGwire ( 2001 ; 29 ), and Barry Bonds ( 2007 ; 28 ) have hit as many or more homers in their final season.

* Mark McGwire ( born 1963 ), American baseball player

Mark David McGwire ( born October 1, 1963 ), nicknamed " Big Mac ", is an American former professional baseball player who played his major league career with the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals.

Finally, a " Fourth Dynasty " won three consecutive pennants and the 1989 World Series behind Mark McGwire, Jose Canseco and Dennis Eckersley.

In 1998, Sosa and Mark McGwire achieved national fame for their home run-hitting prowess in pursuit of Roger Maris ' home run record.

It was in this season that both Sosa and Mark McGwire were involved in the " home run record chase ", when both players ' prowess for hitting home runs drew national attention as they attempted to pass Roger Maris ' single season home run mark of 61 home runs that had stood since.

In the season, Sosa hit 63 home runs, again trailing Mark McGwire who hit 65.

Previously, Sosa sat alongside Rafael Palmeiro, Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire at a 2005 hearing before Congress.

The players and languages featured were Ken Griffey Jr. ( English ), Alex Rodriguez ( Spanish ), Chan Ho Park ( Korean ), Kazuhiro Sasaki ( Japanese ), Graeme Lloyd ( English, with an Australian accent ), Eric Gagne ( French ), Andruw Jones ( Dutch ), John Franco ( Italian ), Ivan Rodriguez ( Spanish ), and Mark McGwire ( English ).

* October 1 – Mark McGwire, American baseball player

* Mac, a nickname for Mark McGwire, a former Major League Baseball player for the Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals

On June 24, Griffey hit his 583rd and 584th career home runs, tying and passing Mark McGwire for 7th place on the all-time career home run list.

McFarlane bought at auction multiple balls from Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa's 1998 race to establish a record for the greatest number of home runs hit in a single season.

In, Mark McGwire joined Canseco on the Athletics ; McGwire hit 49 home runs that year and was also named the American League Rookie of the Year.

He won the AL Silver Slugger award, but his comeback was missed by most fans because of the home run race in the National League between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.

In the book, Canseco specifically identified former teammates Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro, Jason Giambi, Iván Rodríguez and Juan González as fellow steroid users, and admitted that he injected them.

He helped Mark McGwire in his media strategy for his admission of steroid usage.

Oakland Athletics power hitters Mark McGwire, José Canseco, and Jason Giambi played for the Tacoma Tigers on their way to baseball stardom.

* Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Mark McGwire, Major League Baseball

The ball that Mark McGwire hit for home run number 62 in 1998, for example, was sold for over 1 million dollars.

* United States: Hobie Billingsley, Phil Boggs, David Boudia, Lesley Bush, Jennifer Chandler, Mary Ellen Clark, Scott Donie, Troy Dumais, Michael Galitzen, Barbara Gilders, Fletcher Gilders, Bruce Kimball, Micki King, Dana Kunze, Beatrice Kyle, Sammy Lee, Mark Lenzi, Greg Louganis, Pat McCormick, Cynthia Potter, Aileen Riggin, Jeanne Stunyo, Laura Wilkinson, Wendy Wyland

Players such as Barry Bonds, Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa, and Alex Rodriguez.

Walter Mitty is referenced in the lyrics to the songs " T & P Combo " by 311, " Vacation " by Alabama, " Sex and Drugs and Rock ' n ' Roll " by Ian Dury, " Kitty Ricketts " by Radiator, " In The City " by Madness, " Dreams " by The Descendents, " Walter Mitty Blues " by The Meteors, " All Dressed Up For San Francisco " by The Philosopher Kings, " Silver Bird " by Mark Lindsay, and " Sammy Davis City " by Joe Strummer and Brian Setzer.

His accomplishment of 61 home runs in a season, which was greatly debated in its own time, came back to the forefront in 1998, when the record was broken by both Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.

Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals was also honored twice, but shared his second award with Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs.

Kevin Brown's tenure with the Padres during the 1998 season was somewhat marred when the San Diego fans chose to cheer slugger Sammy Sosa during his home run chase along with Mark McGwire.

The album's sound is a mixture of sample-based tunes ( loops of Raymond Scott's " Powerhouse " on " Bus to Beelzebub ", Toots & the Maytals, Howlin ' Wolf, The Andrews Sisters, and The Roches on " Down To This ," and a loop of sampler player Mark De Gli Antoni's orchestral horns on " Screenwriters Blues " among others ), guitar based tunes like " Janine ," " Moon Sammy ," and " Supra Genius.

) 56 home runs stood as the NL record until the 1998 season, when it was broken by Sammy Sosa ( 66 ) and Mark McGwire ( 70 ).

He had three seasons with at least 100 runs batted in, and four with 30 or more home runs-including the legendary season, when he hit 50 to finish 4th in the major leagues behind Ken Griffey, Jr., Sammy Sosa, and Mark McGwire, who set the home run record that season.

He also believes that Roger Maris should still be considered the single-season home run record holder at 61 because of steroid accusations towards players such as Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.

* Mark McGwire vs. Sammy Sosa

" From left to right: bat used by Babe Ruth to hit his 60th home run during the 1927 season, bat used by Roger Maris to hit his 61st home run during the 1961 season, bat used by Mark McGwire to hit his 70th home run during the 1998 season, and the bat used by Sammy Sosa for his 66th home run during the same season.

* Sammy ... Mark Schneider

He sings along with nine other singers including Sammy Hagar, Edgar Winter, Davey Pattison, and Mark Farner.

Others who appeared on the show over the years include Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., James Meredith, Sam Sheppard, Mother Teresa, Jerry Rubin, Angela Davis, Madelyn Murray O ' Hair, Alfred Hitchcock, Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Bette Davis, Gene Kelly, Gene Tierney, Lucille Ball, Vivian Vance, Mark Hamill, Ginger Rogers, Ricardo Montalban, Howard Keel, Celeste Holm, Dorothy Lamour, Dana Andrews, Vincent Price, Natalie Wood, Joan Crawford, Cliff Robertson, Peter Lawford, Nanette Fabray, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Lee Marvin, Paul Newman, Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Carrie Fisher, Robert Wagner, Diahann Carroll, George Hamilton, Victor Buono, Peter Ustinov, Tammy Grimes, Valerie Harper, Richard Dreyfuss, John Travolta, Louis Armstrong, Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Sammy Davis, Jr., Harrison Ford, Eydie Gorme, Jack Jones, Harry Belafonte, Liza Minnelli, Paul Anka, Robert Goulet, Carol Lawrence, Edie Adams, Debbie Reynolds, Gwen Verdon, Connie Francis, Olivia Newton-John, Ben Vereen, Joey Heatherton, Frankie Laine, Eartha Kitt, Sergio Mendes, Buddy Rich, Jerry Vale, Lola Falana, Frankie Valli, Pearl Bailey, Lou Rawls, Yank Barry, Tina Turner, Tom Waits, Eddy Arnold, Johnny Cash, Roy Clark, Kenny Rogers, Ray Stevens, Janis Ian, Bernie Taupin, Ian Anderson, Marcel Marceau, Muhammad Ali, Howard Cosell, Joe Namath, Mason Reese, Ralph Nader, Rex Reed, Martha Mitchell, Victor Borge, Kreskin, Imogene Coca, Phyllis Diller, Fannie Flagg, Lily Tomlin, Joan Rivers, Elayne Boosler, Milton Berle, George Burns, Sid Caesar, Mel Brooks, Alan King, Bill Cosby, Henny Youngman, Jack Carter, Redd Foxx, Rodney Dangerfield, Jan Murray, Shecky Greene, Buddy Hacket, Joey Bishop, Red Skelton, Steve Allen, Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, George Schindler, Marty Allen, Robert Klein, George Carlin, Sandy Baron, Artie Johnson, Frank Gorshin, Soupy Sales, Jonathan Winters, Charlie Callas, Norm Crosby, Rip Taylor, Foster Brooks, Irwin Corey, Leonard Barr, Pat Cooper, Rich Little, Stan Kann, Steve Landesberg, Andy Kaufman, Jimmie Walker, Jay Leno, Moe Howard of The Three Stooges, Gloria Parker with her Musical Glasses, Ruth Dickson, Jimmy Edmonson ( better known as " Professor Backwards " who appeared more times than any other guest ).

Lupica also wrote The Summer of ’ 98: When Homers Flew, Records Fell, and Baseball Reclaimed America, which detailed how the 1998 and the Mark McGwire / Sammy Sosa home run chase had allowed him to share a love for baseball with his son.

* Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey, Jr. and Greg Vaughn all hit 30 home runs before the All-Star break ( the first time four players had done so in the same season ) and engage in a historic chase for Roger Maris's single-season record of 61 home runs.

As musician, producer, songwriter, or all three at once, Waterbury has worked with members of The Doors ( Robbie Krieger ), and Suicidal Tendencies, Los Cycos guitarist ( Anthony Gallo ), Tears for Fears, the late, great Randy California, Pink, Mark Kendall of Great White, Ray Charles, 4 Non Blondes, Michael Jackson ( Leon Abner ), Terri Nunn of Berlin, Betsy of " Bitch ", Marco Mendoza ( of Whitesnake and Ted Nugent ), The Zeros ' Sammy Serious, Paul McCartney & Wings, The Doobie Brothers ( Michael McDonald and Keith Knutsen ), Guitar Jack, Uli Jon Roth of Scorpions, drummer Brian Tichy, Los Angeles Lakers cheerleaders, Chris Poland of Megadeth, David Eagle ( Tina Turner's band ), and bassist Renny of ( Parliament ) and Donna Summer.

The 2009 King's Royal win was Schatz's 98th, inching him closer to 100 career WoO wins and initiation into an elite club of drivers including Steve and Mark Kinser, Sammy Swindell and Doug Wolfgang, to mention a handful.

MMS pairs are so named because in 1998 the baseball players Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa both hit their 62nd home runs for the season, passing the old record of 61, held by Roger Maris.

In, as Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa surpassed Roger Maris ’ single season home run record, Pappas admitted that he threw nothing but fastballs to Maris in giving up Roger ’ s 59th home run in.