Chicago Cubs, Albert Belle AFP PHOTO Henny Ray ABRAMS (Photo credit should read HENNY RAY ABRAMS/AFP via Getty Images)
Did Chicago White Sox slugger Albert Belle have a better 1998 season than the Chicago Cubs’ Sammy Sosa?
With the recent Long Gone Summer documentary, there’s been a lot of interest in that 1998 season. Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals and Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs blasted one home run after another to fly by the single-season home run record of 61 set by Roger Maris in 1961.