Mark Grace and Shawon Dunson were fittingly honored before Sunday’s game, earning blue blazers with their enshrinement in the Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame.
The Cubs have nearly made it through a stretch of 27 games in 27 days that included only one day off Sept. 1 followed by a doubleheader in Cincinnati. The tough stretch ends with a three-game series at Coors Field before a day off Thursday, one of three the Cubs get before the regular season ends Oct. 1.
The Sox conclude a run of 16 straight against the American League Central with matchups against the Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins.during this stretch, which included losing two of three against the Royals at Kauffman Stadium last week.against the AL Central. Pujols extended his major-league-record streak of reaching 30 homers and 100 RBIs in his first eight seasons, two more than any player in history.Cardinals' Mark McGwire is hugged by Sammy Sosa after McGwire hit his 62nd home run of the season, setting a new major-league record, on Sept. 8, 1998.
Only five days earlier, Sosa was hugging McGwire on the field at Busch Stadium in St. Louis after Big Mac broke Maris’ record which had stood for 37 years. But in less than a week’s time, Sosa hit four home runs to catch McGwire and send the race into overdrive with only two weeks left in the season.
“Isn’t it amazing?” Cubs first basebam Mark Grace said. “Who would have thought two people would do it in the same year? It’s unfortunate that the Maris family wasn’t here to be involved. McGwire got so much more because he was the first to do it. And well-deserved. But I hate that it’s ‘Oh, yeah, by the way, Sammy hit 62 today.’ Maybe Sammy will get a blue Corvette.”
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