| Show BREEZ THROUGH SPORTS t k t. t By Eric Bresee Columnist MAC Wake up Mac Wake up now or your place in history history history his his- tory will be stolen Last Tuesday Mark McGwire hit his home run of the season making making making mak mak- ing him the time all single season home run leader Major League and Cardinals brass made the occasion a special one as they honored Mac after the game with words paraphernalia and a cherry red 1962 Corvette And just when you thought things were simple in baseball again Sammy Say it aint Sosa jacks not one not two not even three home runs over the weekend The Dominican Domini Domini- can Basher cranked out four home runs in three games to catch McGwire for the time all-time record Several times this season baseballs baseball's baseballs baseball's base base- ban balls ball's 5 saviors on the same day After Sosa tied lied Mac Sunday afternoon McGwire had an opportunity opportunity opportunity to respond Big Red answered by going down with back spasms Could it be the man who broke Roger Marls Mans year old record hit the wall Could it be the physical specimen that is Mark McGwire squandered all his energy just breaking breaking breaking break break- ing the record and has no energy to finish the season Could it be that Cre- Cre atine's and spokesperson is running on empty Congratulations to the new all- all time single season home run leader Sammy Sosa While Mac and Sosa have accomplished accomplished accomplished more for baseball than they will ever know dont don't forget how Mac handled the pressure earlier in this historic season Mac talked about how he felt like a caged animal during batting batting batting bat bat- ting practices He only wanted to talk about the Cardinals playoff chances when they were slim and none Cardinals Cardinals' Cardinals Cardinals' Cardinals Cardinals' Cardi Cardi- nals' nals media relation people restricted Macs Mac's availability He wouldn't talk to the media about the home run chase unless he hit 50 by September Mac Machad Machad Machad had that total by mid And this was the man America fell fellin fellin fellin in love with and wanted to crush one of the most hallowed records in baseball baseball baseball base base- ball history Check out Sosas Sosa's plight His teams team's legendary announcer dies in the off He sets a record for most home runs in a single month by smacking 20 in June His team is in the middle of a playoff race And Andoh Andoh Andoh oh yeah Sammy has embraced the attention even though he insisted he was not involved in Home Run Derby And now he has caught Mark McGwire for dingers lingers in a season Say it aint Sosa |
