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All summer, McGwire and Sosa traded home runs while the whole country checked the tally on the nightly news. The 1998 chase for Roger Maris's record turned baseball back into must-see TV—and its record book now reads very differently.
The Kid — the backwards cap, the sweetest left-handed swing in baseball, and the Seattle Mariners star who was the face of the 90s game. Ken Griffey Jr. hit towering home runs, made highlight-reel catches, and had his name on the video games kids played and the Wheaties boxes on the breakfast table.