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Shysterball: Pearlman on McGwire

Jeff Pearlman brings the Mark McGwire sanctimony: Worst of all, however, McGwire was a baseball thief. At the very moment his 341-foot home run landed behind the outfield fence, he robbed Roger Maris of the most important record in professional sports. Full Article at The Hardball Times

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  1. FILE - In this May 28, 1999, file photo, Chicago Cubs' Sammy Sosa, right,  and St. Louis Cardinals' Mark McGwire (25) chat at first base after Sosa singled in the second inning of a baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
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