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Summer of Sammy: Sosa's 59th homer in 1998

Related Topics: Roger Maris, Summer, Bill Pulsipher

It's the 20th anniversary of the Summer of Sammy, when Sosa and Mark McGwire went toe-to-toe in one of the most exciting seasons in American sports history chasing after Roger Maris' home run record. All year, we're going to go homer-by-homer on Sosa's 66 longballs, with highlights and info about each. Enjoy.

Sosa started mounting his comeback on McGwire on Sept. 11, hammering a Bill Pulsipher pitch 464 feet out onto SHEFFIELD (yes, right field) for his 59th dinger of the season.

McGwire hit his 59th homer on Sept. 2 that season, but stood on 62 homers for more than a week - from Sept.