Mark McGwire is a famous name in which sport?

Mark David McGwire (born October 1, 1963), nicknamed Big Mac, is an American former professional baseball first baseman. His Major League Baseball (MLB) playing career spanned from 1986 to 2001 while playing for the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals, winning one World Series championship each, with Oakland as a player in 1989 and with St. Louis as a coach in 2011.

One of the most prolific home-run hitters in baseball history, McGwire holds the major-league career record for at-bats per home run ratio (10.6), and is the former record holder for both home runs in a single season (70 in 1998) and home runs hit by a rookie (49 in 1987).

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✨KRISTA✨

One word: Steroids!

Howard Groopman

One of many cheaters from that era.

Corey Taylor

elizawheeler, Just don't expect them to take the series every 108 years!

Corey Taylor

And yet I was there in 1999, and saw a whole exhibit on McGwire & Sosa's Home Run Derby.

Corey Taylor

✨KRISTA✨, HGH was not ruled a steroid at the time, so McGwire's record stands. You wanna see a real cheater? Try Barry Bonds!

elizawheeler

Robert Oldenburg, I am a big Cubby and Bears fan. We all make fun of the Cubbies. They are one of our countries way of teaching patience. After all, we only had to wait a little over a century for them to win the World Series again. LOL

Joanne Serin

Tom Knox, that would be the sign-stealing Astros.

Robert Oldenburg

The Mark McGwire Sammy Sosa home run chase revived baseball after the earlier strike that completely canceled that year’s World Series. While not a sports fan, and a person that loves to make fun of the Chicago teams, especially the Cubs, living in the Chicago area it was impossible not to hear all about it.