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Mark McGwire on Tuesday night hit his 63rd four-bagger to regain sole possession of the single-season home run record. The St. Louis Cardinal broke out of a tie with Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa when he hit a 385-foot drive to left center off the Pittsburgh Pirates' Jason Christiansen. (The Pirates won the first game of the doubleheader, 8-6.) McGwire had been in a 3-for-18 slump with three singles since hitting his 62nd home run on Sept. 8 to break Roger Maris's 37-year-old record...
Ralph Kiner (Hall of Fame slugger): "Sosa is more apt to swing at bad pitches. McGwire would be the tougher one. He is more disciplined...
Crying as he sat in the dugout after his triumphant tour around the bases, Sosa came out for three emotional curtain calls as fans littered the field while standing and chanting "Sam-mee! Sam-mee!" The delay lasted six minutes. Said the slugger: "I have to say what I did is for the people of Chicago, for America, for my mother, for my wife, my kids and the people I have around me. My team. It was an emotional moment...
...Baby I Need Your Loving. To date, Pullman's deals are the only ones of their kind, though Nomura Capital Entertainment recently arranged a $15 million loan for Rod Stewart that was secured by the star's future royalties. SPP Hambro is close to cutting a similar deal for slugger Frank Thomas, who has a long-term contract with the Chicago White Sox. Six months ago, former record executive Charles Koppelman formed CAK Universal Credit in partnership with Prudential Securities, and he says he'll close $100 million in entertainer loans--his first deal--by the end of August...
...fact, Sosa's performance--and the team's--have jelled precisely at the time the slugger quit acting as if he were trying to carry the Cubs by himself. He immersed himself in videos of other hitters in the off season and has tuned in fully to the advice of Cub coaches. "I always thought this guy could really put up some gigantic numbers if we could get him to swing at better pitches and get him to be more patient," said batting coach Jeff Pentland. Sosa agrees: "I don't want to go to the home plate with...