Mark McGwire: Home Run Hero
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This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Daniel Shoptaw rated it liked it Nov 26, David rated it liked it Sep 16, Kirby Ingles rated it liked it May 18, Billy Connard rated it it was ok Aug 20, Joshua Dykes rated it really liked it Jun 16, Arttie Parker rated it liked it Apr 16, Kyle rated it liked it Mar 16, Alex rated it liked it Apr 21, Lindsey rated it liked it Mar 16, Howard Chen rated it liked it Sep 04, Tom F rated it did not like it Jul 28, Jackchristopherhill rated it it was ok Apr 04, Unlike many of McGwire's homers during this fabulous summer, this line drive stayed low but was high enough to clear the wall.
The 62nd blast was his shortest of the year, but it was long enough to make history. McGwire later said he felt he was floating as he ran the bases, almost missing first base as he jumped into the arms of Coach Dave McKay, his long-time batting practice pitcher. All of the pressure that had enveloped McGwire over the past three months was realized in that happy jog around the bases and in the ensuing celebration.
A record that many people had predicted would never be broken--Roger Maris's mark of 61 homers in had been broken.
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It had not been easy, despite the fact that it appeared McGwire could hit a blast over the wall seemingly at will. Nothing in baseball, McGwire knew, was easy, especially hitting home runs. McGwire thinks hitting a home run might be the hardest thing to do in sports. You can't try to hit one, he said, knowing all too well that trying too hard is the first step to failure. McGwire has established himself as the greatest home run hitter in the major leagues today, so he is a qualified expert on the subject.
He also had to face the pressure and expectations that increased with each homer.
If it's a base hit, great. If it's a strikeout, you learn from it. It's not like somebody is putting the ball on the tee for you and saying, 'Here, hit it over the fence. Sometimes, if you get a little lift, it goes farther than the one before. What he accomplished, however, made that stance impossible. By hitting 58 homers in , McGwire had put himself in a position to challenge Maris's record in He did so with the combined challenge of changing leagues and teams in mid-season and going through a month-long span in which he hit only three homers.
Mark McGwire: Home Run Hero
I'm not saying I can do it. I'm not saying I can't. It's not worth talking about until someone goes into September with That association was first made when he was a rookie with the Oakland A's in , and spent much of the season on a pace to challenge the home run record before finishing the year with the rookie mark of He knew Ruth was a great home run hitter and one of the greatest players in the history of the game, but that was about the extent of his knowledge.
He knew Maris was the player who broke Ruth's record of 60 homers, and that he played most of his career in the shadow of Mickey Mantle, but not much else. He didn't know that when Maris was chasing Ruth in , his hair began to fall out, in clumps. He didn't know how almost everybody, including those within the Yankee organization, rooted against Maris. He wasn't the fair-haired boy, he wasn't the handpicked successor to the throne. Mantle, after Joe DiMaggio, was the golden boy. Had Mantle gone into the final week of the season with 59 homers, people would have been cheering him on, not hoping he would fail.
Maris broke the record, but he never got the thrill of being recognized for it. The commissioner of baseball at the time, Ford Frick, put an asterisk behind the number 61 and made baseball recognize both Maris's achievement and Ruth's mark of 60, because it had been established in a game season rather than Maris's game season.
It's only natural in 's season of the slugger, with the focus on the race to break 61, that baseball's most prolific contemporary power hitter would be reduced. Mark McGwire has 13 ratings and 0 reviews. The powerhouse player who's revolutionizing the game In , Mark McGwire made baseball history by breaking.
Once Maris had finally broken through the homer barrier that had stood for 33 years, people thought it would happen more often, as had been the case when Roger Bannister finally broke the four-minute barrier for the mile run. Once Maris established the possibility that it could happen, others surely would follow. For 36 years, none did. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page.
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Preview — Home Run Heroes! Joe Layden Goodreads Author. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa liked it 3. Meet baseball's greatest kings of swing--back to back--in this fabulous, all-in-one flip book filled with facts, superstar stats, and an eight-page souvenir photo insert.
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May 16, Tyler Clare rated it liked it. This book really isn't that bad. I have read better, but this holds a lot of important information about baseball.
