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...Like most great things American, the home run deconstructs strategy with a beautiful act of aggression. So Mark McGwire, 250 lbs. of muscle in a game full of the fat and unfit, doesn't really shock when he sends the ball more than 500 ft. And Ken Griffey Jr., hat backwards, grin cocksure, seems almost bored as he gently taps homers over the fence. The crowd expects it, the crowd gets it, and the crowd goes home happy. We delight in the obvious. Give us a 6 ft. 5 in. guy named McGwire, and we're going to nickname...
...despite all this ineptitude, baseball accidentally saved itself, with a mixture of talent and nostalgia. The geriatric sport has suddenly remembered how to tell its own story. ESPN ads feature not McGwire or the eminently marketable Griffey, but a Ty Cobb impersonator, who is oddly recognizable for a guy who hasn't played a game since...
...most famous mark in sports, Roger Maris' single-season home-run record of 61 in 1961 (Can you see why we weep?), is being attacked on three fronts: McGwire, who had 42 homers as of Saturday (only a bit more than halfway through the season), has been joined by Griffey (39) and some guy named Sammy Sosa...
Baseball is back, and the new season is full of promise. We at Dartboard will be watching closely as Mark McGwire and Ken Griffey Jr. chase Roger Maris' home run record, the Milwaukee Brewers get acquainted to the National League and the Yankees look to justify their astronomical payroll with a return to the World Series...
McGwire, who hit 58 last year, begins his first full season with St. Louis when the Cardinals open at Busch Stadium against the Rupert Murdoch-owned Los Angeles Dodgers. Griffey, the AL MVP, and the Seattle Mariners entertain AL champion Cleveland at the Kingdome...