Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa's race for home run history deserves a deep rewind

One of my favorite baseball facts is that Sammy Sosa hit over 60 home runs in a reason three times, but didn't lead the league any of those times.

I’d say the unsung hero here is Ken Griffey Jr. he managed to keep up with these guys while staying legit

The home run race was so much fun to watch as a kid. Ignorant of the concept of steroids and just able to appreciate the feat for what it was.

The video is nothing more than a testament to Ken Griffey Jr.'s greatness.

I'm still always amazed at how Junior did almost as much raking as these guys without doping

I remember watching this moment in my parents' bedroom watching on a mid-80s Zenith monitor turned television set. The sound and color wasn't working so I watched it in black and white without any sound. It was still incredibly exciting. Who would have thought that almost 25 years later I would watch Aaron Judge hit his 62nd home run of the season.

I remember when ESPN was doing a NASCAR Cup Series race in Martinsville, VA, the NAPA AutoCare 500, during this battle, and they kept doing a split-screen every time Mark or Sammy went to bat. On the satellite feed version, you can hear Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons, and Ned Jarrett rehearse some of their reactions, in case Mark or Sammy did sock one into the stratosphere. They goof on one where Mark flew out. They started congratulating him as if it was already gone...then it was caught, and they had to quickly backtrack it. Luckily the mistaken at-bat happened during a commercial break in Martinsville, so their mistake was never known about until the satellite feed version was uploaded on here a few years ago. Fun fact: Mark, along with a few other MLB players, briefly owned a NASCAR Busch Series team from 1998-99. It was numbered 8, and was sponsored by Clean Shower for some of its existence.

I remember hearing ads for health stores in the late 90s that openly stated they sold androstenedione, and marketed it as "The same supplement used by MLB slugger Mark McGwire". People knew McGwire was juicing and didn't care at the time. Also, for all the Seattle Mariners fans watching: Current M's manager Scott Servais was the catcher for Steve Trachsel during that game.

There was actually a 4th guy just on the fringe of the race: Greg Vaughn kept pace for the first month and a half and still finished with 50.

Admit it, this era of baseball was fun.

This race, was when i was 6, was one of my first sports memories, and legitimately my introduction to baseball.

Sosa held the solo record at 66. McGuire caught hit about 45 minutes later. Then hit 4 more homers while Sosa stayed put.

In retrospect it was like rooting for CVS versus Rite Aid

That 1998 season was so much fun. As a kid witnessing all of this I could not get enough of it. It was by far the most entertaining season for me as a Lifelong Baseball fan

I'm a Cubs fan, my dad's a Cardinals fan. I was watching this on TV in California while my dad was working security for a strip mall. He was in a Circuit City watching on a TV they had tuned to the game. I stood by our phone ready to dial his pager number. Ball is hit and sails over the fence. My dad's pager goes off and he lets out a breath of anger cos he just wants to watch the celebration. He looks down to see the two digit page I had just sent him. 62.

This race brought people back into stadiums and care about baseball again. Both of these players deserve to make the hall of fame for it.

As a 9 year old , this was such an amazing time . I’m a dodger fan but I caught myself watching every cubs game on wgn and whenever cards were on

Baseball has not and will not be this exciting ever again.

That homerun race was better than any series ever played

This is what made me fall in love with baseball and the Chicago Cubs.