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Reds @ Cardinals 9/5/98 (McGwire #60)
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Sept. 27, 1998: McGwire hits 70 and is saluted as 'the new
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1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase - Wikipedia
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Views of McGwire and his record have changed 20 years after home
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It was a countdown like no other - that 1998 season was unlike anything we'd ever seen before! Thirty-seven years after Roger Maris took down Babe
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Mark McGwire 70 St. Louis Cardinals Home Run King Poster - Costacos 1998