10-year anniversary of Mark McGwire’s 62nd home run

10 years ago today, former St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire hit his 62nd home run of the 1998 season. It’s hard to believe that it has already been 10 years. Gone is McGwire’s single-season home run record, thanks to Barry Bonds, yet Big Mac still hasn’t made it into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
McGwire has been somewhat of a ghost since he retired from baseball. One of his few public TV appearances came when Congress asked former and current players of Major League Baseball to testify on the use of steroids in the game, where …read more