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The McGwire-Sosa home run chase helped make 1998 one of MLB's
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What you need to know about Sosa-McGwire home run chase before
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McGwire vs. Sosa: The Great Home Run Race of 1998 – The Falcon Press
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How Sammy Sosa-Mark McGwire 1998 home run race unfolded in
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How Sammy Sosa's historic June turned the 1998 home run race into
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Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire and what we should have known - ESPN
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How Sammy Sosa's historic June turned the 1998 home run race into
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Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire and what we should have known - ESPN
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Timeline: Sammy Sosa vs. Mark McGwire in 1998
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Long Gone Summer' roundtable - How we remember Mark McGwire, Sammy
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