1998 will go down in baseball history as the year of the great home-run race. Roger Maris' record of 61 home runs in a single season had stood for nearly 37 years. Now it is a new record of 70 homers, held by Mark McGwire, that future hitters will chase. And here is the book that chronicles the bats between Mark McGwire and fellow slugger, Sammy Sosa, as they reached for the record right down to the last weekend of the season. While McGwire is the new home-run king, baseball fans everywhere will remember both of these men -- as good athletes, good sportsmen, and good friends -- when they remember this incredible Slugger Season.In addition to all of the '98 highlights and a chapter of biographical info on Mark McGwire, this Level 3 easy-to-read book also remembers yesterday's home-run greats, Babe Ruth and Roger Maris. It is illustrated in full color with art and sports action photos, and is sure to please beginning readers who want to relive the heaviest-hitting baseball season ever.
