Editor's note: With the baseball season on hold, Hall of Famer Rick Hummel is presenting STLtoday.com subscribers with a look back at 10 of the most memorable games he's covered.
Here's the Commish's pick for No. 8. Aug. 19, 1998, a McGwire-Sosa showdown.
At the end of May, Mark McGwire was 14 home runs ahead of Sammy Sosa, 27-13. But on Wednesday, for the first time this season, Sosa passed McGwire. For about an hour.
The Chicago Cubs outfielder took over the major-league home run lead at 48 with a fifth-inning drive off Cardinals starter Kent Bottenfield.