Presents the life and baseball career of Sammy Sosa, who, along with Mark McGwire, in 1998 broke the long-standing record of most home runs hit in a season.
In their pursuit of the single-season home run record set by Roger Maris in 1961, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa captured the hearts and immagination of baseball fans across the nation. Here are the moments in the extraordinary race to eclipse baseball's most cherished record.
Charts the progress of McGwire and Sosa, homer by homer, record by record. With a stunning collection of images from the start of the season through to the moment when one of the sporting world's most sacred records fell.