CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
September 10, 1998
As I watched this giant of a person hit this home run, it occurred to me that Mark McGwire is a hero in every sense of the word. The thing that has most impressed me, even more than the accomplishment, is the style and grace this man has shown. From involving his young son in the chase, to the emotional embrace he gave the Maris family, to the way he and Sammy Sosa show obvious respect and friendship, Tuesday is a day I will never forget. In this age of presidents letting us down and star athletes who seem to care more about the money than the game, I am proud of the great American pastime.
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June 19, 2009 | Mike Penner
In a telling sign of the times, the reporter who broke the 1998 story about Mark McGwire using androstenedione today stands a better chance of making the Hall of Fame than McGwire and his famous foil from that season, Sammy Sosa. Steve Wilstein, the former Associated Press reporter who spotted a bottle of androstenedione on the shelf of McGwire's locker and got him to admit to using the then-over-the-counter, testosterone-producing supplement, has been nominated for the J. G.
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January 23, 2010 | Staff And Wire Reports
A trainer who previously admitted supplying Jose Canseco with steroids now says he also gave performance enhancing-drugs to Mark McGwire . Curtis Wenzlaff , arrested in 1992 for steroids distribution, told ESPN's "Outside the Lines" that McGwire's goal was to get "bigger, faster, stronger," according to excerpts released Friday. The interview is to be broadcast Sunday morning. McGwire last week admitted for the first time that he used steroids and human growth hormone on and off for a decade, including when he set the season home run record with 70 in 1998.
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September 5, 1988
At 6-feet 2-inches and 190 pounds, Neil Allen of the New York Yankees is not small, but Mark McGwire of the Oakland A's is 6-5, 225. After Allen beaned McGwire Saturday, the Oakland first baseman charged the mound. Said Allen afterward: "I was just trying to figure out where I was going when his body got there." And what was he thinking? "No mas," Allen said.
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November 4, 1987 | Associated Press
Oakland Athletics first baseman Mark McGwire, whose 49 home runs set a major league record for a first-year player, was unanimously selected Rookie of the Year in the American League, the Baseball Writers Assn. of America announced Tuesday. McGwire, the choice of all 28 voters, is the second unanimous selection in the 40-year history of the award. Carlton Fisk of the Boston Red Sox was the first, in 1972.
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August 24, 1998 | SHAV GLICK
The Pittsburgh Pirates tried giving away golf umbrellas and beach towels, but nothing helped in selling out Three Rivers Stadium. Then Mark McGwire and the St. Louis Cardinals came to town. The Saturday and Sunday games were the first consecutive regular-season sellouts at Three Rivers Stadium. "The Mark McGwire home run craze is quite phenomenal," said Vic Gregovits, the Pirates' vice president of marketing and broadcasting. Crowds of 38,149 showed up for beach towels and 41,568 for umbrellas.