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Mark McGwire made 1998 a season to remember for baseball fans all over the world when he blasted a record 70 home runs. Before turning himself into one of the most revered hitters in the game, though, he had to overcome poor eyesight and a variety of injuries. Rob Rains looks at how McGwire quickly became a legendary figure in St. Louis, and how hitting a home run in his first Little League at-bat changed his career aspirations.
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The Sporting News Presents Mark McGwire Mac Attack!
by Rob Rains
SPORTS PUBLISHING INC. Champaign, IL 61820
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1998 The Sporting News All rights reserved.
Director of Production: Susan M. McKinney Cover design: Julie L. Denzer
All photos courtesy of The Sporting News except: p. 6, University of Southern California; pp. 11, 16, 21, USA Baseball; front cover photo by Ed Nessen, The Sporting News
ISBN:1-58261-004-5 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 98-86066
SPORTS PUBLISHING INC. 804 N. Neil Champaign, IL 61820 www.SportsPublishingInc.com
Printed in the United States
Back cover photo: Matthew McGwire gives his dad, Mark, a high five after McGwire hit his second home run of the night against the Arizona Diamond backs, Tuesday, April 14, 1998, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. McGwire hit three home runs against the Diamondbacks that day. (AP photo/Harold Jenkins)
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Contents
1 Making a Decision
1
2 Growing Up
5
3 From College to the Pros
15
4 A Major Leaguer
27
5 Rebuilding a Career
45
6 Happy as a Cardinal
59
7 On Hitting 62
75
Mark McGwire Statistics
87
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A portion of the proceeds from the sales of this book will be donated to the MARK McGWIRE FOUNDATION.
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Chapter One Making a Decision
A couple of days after his disappointing 1991 season ended, Mark McGwire got into his car to make the 5 1/2 hour drive from Oakland to Los Angeles, a trip Mark estimates he had made at least 25 times.
As he packed the car, Mark was glad to be putting the worst season of his major-league career behind him. Kids from a school near his home had turned their cheers into taunts. His manager, Tony LaRussa, had intentionally not played him in the
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Oakland A's final game, avoiding Mark the embarrassment of seeing his already puny .201 batting average drop below the .200 mark.
Mark's mind was filled with questions and self-doubt. What had happened to the player who had blasted 49 homers as a rookie in 1987? Where was the confidence of the man who put fear into opposing pitchers just because of his 6-foot-5, 225-pound stature? Was he washed up after only six years in the majors?
When Mark slammed the lid of his trunk shut and slid behind the steering wheel, his mind kept racing from one dilemma to the next. For 5 1/2 hours, the entire trip from Oakland to Los Angeles, he faced all of his problems one-by-one as they passed through his mind like the exit signs on the highway.
For the entire trip, Mark never turned on the radio or tape player. He had a built-in sound system
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that turned the silence of the car into a deafening roar.
When Mark pulled up to a friend's house and got out of the car, his life was about to be changed forever.
"I had to face the music," Mark said. "It was the turning point of my life and it just happened to be the turning point in my career too. No matter who you are in this world, sometimes you have to get slapped in the face. Something has to happen to make you wake up."
For Mark, it was the realization that he wasn't happy. He wasn't enjoying his life, personally or professionally, and he knew he couldn't continue living that way. He had to get help.
"It would have been easy for me to hide and put my head in a hole and sit down and sulk and say 'poor me,'" Mark said. "But I didn't have time to do that. I wanted to turn my life around."
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Mark had just celebrated his 28th birthday. A lot of great things had happened in his life. He thought back to his days growing up in southern California, when he often wondered about the future. Suddenly those days didn't seem that long ago.
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