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.