Home Run! The Year Records Fell

This exciting book celebrates the remarkable home run assault by the Cardinals' Mark McGwire & the Cubs' Sammy Sosa. This reflection of the 1998 long-ball battle -- compiled from the files of The Associated Press (AP) -- chronicles every one of McGwire's amazing 70 home runs as well as all of Sosa's 66 blasts. Accompanying the stories are AP full-color photographs that recapture the magical moments of the year the records fell.Ó Within these full-color pages, AP writers & photographers also tell the stories of Roger Maris & Babe Ruth; McGwire's heartwarming relationship with his son; Sammy's love affair with the city of Chicago; & the fans who caught the record-breaking home run balls.Maris, Roger, Jr. is the author of 'Home Run! The Year Records Fell', published 1998 under ISBN 9780756779481 and ISBN 0756779480.