Mark McGwire "70" St. Louis Cardinals Home Run King Poster - Costacos 1998 Kansas City Royals Posters or are simply an armchair

or are simply an armchair fan

Commemorative pennants are always produced in limited quantity

Taken just hours before opening night at the stadium

the first-ever published in his career

and scoreboard

Mark McGwire "70" St. Louis Cardinals Home Run King Poster - Costacos 1998 Kansas City Royals Posters or are simply an armchairIt was a countdown like no other that 1998 season was unlike anything we'd ever seen before! Thirty seven years after Roger Maris took down Babe Ruth's record, Maris' mark was clearly in jeopardy, thanks to "Big Mac" the monster mashing St. Louis Cardinals' first baseman Mark McGwire, whose Home Run chase captured the imagination of the nation. #20 on May 19th#30 on June 10#37 before the All Star break#50 on August 20 and then it got really crazy!