Just as Michael Jordan’s last dance with the Chicago Bulls was coming to a close in 1998, another huge Chicago sports story was just heating up: It would be the summer of Sammy Sosa.
The Cubs slugger and the St. Louis Cardinals’ Mark McGwire launched an assault on baseball’s coveted single-season home run mark 22 years ago — and it gets its own ESPN documentary, “Long Gone Summer,” set to make its debut Sunday night at 8 p.m.
These guys’ pursuit of Roger Maris’ single-season home run mark of 61 home runs in 162 games — and Babe Ruth’s 60 home runs in 154 — helped revive interest in baseball.