CHRONICLES MARK MCGWIRE'S LIFE AND BASEBALL CAREER THROUGH 1997; OES NOT INCLUDE THE HOMERUN RACE BETWEEN MCGWIRE AND SOSA FOR 70+HOMERUNS IN 1998.

The players on his summer league baseball team, the Scrappers, have some talent, but Wilson is discouraged because they have an attitude problem and trouble working together as a team.

In the days before performance-enhancing substances, the great Hank Aaron hit a career-record 755 home runs, a mark he held for 33 years. Hammerin' Hank began his baseball career in the Negro Leagues when black players were still banned from Major League Baseball. Hank played for 23 years in Milwaukee and Atlanta and made the All-Star team in both the National and American Leagues for 20 straight years.

A brief biography of the first great home run hitter in baseball history.

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.

A poetic account of the legendary Babe Ruth as he prepares to make a home run.

TJ and Jonathan are teen-age friends and teammates on the JV baseball team. Like many young people growing up in America in the late sixties, they have heroes. For TJ, who is white, it is Mickey Mantle, the aging star of the New York Yankees. For Jonathan, who is black, it is Martin Luther King Jr., the leader of the civil rights movement. Unfortunately, 1968 is a bad year for heroes and—America. Their friendship is strained to the breaking point when Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated. Jonathan, who is devastated by the murder, blames all white people, TJ included. TJ then has to struggle through the challenges of the JV baseball season in his racially-torn town, without the support of his friend. Is there anything that can repair their broken bond? Would it take still another American tragedy?

Profiles the life and baseball career of America's first home run king in the mid-1800s.

The 1998 major league baseball season was truly one for the ages, complete with record-breaking individual and team performances. In HOME RUN HEROES, the writers of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED chronicle Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa's epic march to and beyond Babe Ruth's 60 and Roger Maris's 61 home runs, depicting the drama of the race that captivated fans the world over. HOME RUN HEROES relives every thrilling moment in perhaps the greatest home run dual of all time between Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire. McGwire set the pace as he broke Mari's record with his shortest home run of the year, missing first base during his home run trot and finally reaching home plate whereupon he joyfully lifted his baby son into the air. Sammy Sosa then ran from rightfield to congratulate his friend and competitor. Sosa then made a little history of his own when a few nights later, at Wrigley Field against the Milwaukee Brewers, he dropped Maris and Ruth to numbers three and four on the all time single-season home run list. It was a close thing, but Sosa finished the season with 66 home runs, McGwire finished with 70.

Ésta es la historia de un exitoso jugador de béisbol. Nació el 12 de Noviembre del año 1968, en San Pedro de Macorís, República Dominicana. Empezó a jugar desde muy temprana edad llegando a ser lo que es hoy, uno de los más grandes jonroneros de todos los tiempos. Sosa es toda una leyenda en su país y también en los Estados Unidos, gracias a su destacadísima participación en las grandes ligas y por ser, además, un dominicano de muy buen corazón. Existe una Fundación que bajo su nombre desarrolla una hermosa labor de apoyo a personas en situación de riesgo social, en su pueblo. Se sabe, también, de la ayuda que prestó para paliar las consecuencias de la devastación provocada por el huracán George. También colabora permanentemente haciendo donaciones de computadores para las escuelas con menos recursos. Todo un ejemplo de hombre, y deportista. Conózcalo mejor en esta breve semblanza suya.