Mark McGwire breaks baseball homerun record

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Lucas Paul Richert (University of Saskatchewan)
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On 8 September 1998, Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hit his 62nd homerun and thus broke Roger Maris’s record of 61 in a baseball season.

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Citation: Richert, Lucas Paul. "Mark McGwire breaks baseball homerun record". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=5751, accessed 26 November 2024.]

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