In the spirit of the home-run crazy age in which baseball exists, the Cardinals offered a midgame salute Wednesday night to the 20-year anniversary of the greatest slugging feat by a Cardinal. San Diego bench coach Mark McGwire stepped out of the third-base dugout and doffed his cap to all those standing and applauding, including those in the Cardinals’ dugout.
The current-day Cardinals have banked much of their success on the home run this year, too. Before Wednesday, they had the National League’s highest win total and best percentage when they had homered at home this year at 18-4 and .