Bleed Cubbie Blue · Jun 15, 2020
Sara’s Diary, Day 95 without baseball: A few words about ‘Long Gone Summer’
Photo by PETER NEWCOMB/AFP via Getty Images Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire share a laugh during the home run chase in 1998In a summer without baseball, the most anticipated sports moments have come in two forms: historic games and sports documentaries. As a girl who grew up in Utah I didn’t share the enthusiasm many in Chicago felt about The Last Dance, but yesterday’s release of ESPN’s 30 for 30 Long Gone Summer was supposed to make up for that. I couldn’t wait to relive the excitement of the 1998 home run chase between Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire.
I didn’t have a good feeling about the documentary the second they introduced the director as a lifelong Cardinals fan.