I was only 14 when McGwire hit 70 home runs in 1998. Earlier that summer I worried that I’d miss his 62nd home run while paddling a canoe on a Missouri lake, far removed from secular radio: including broadcasts. I…
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I remember writing “I saw #63” underneath the bill of my Cards’ cap. That I saw #17, too. And that I was worried I’d miss seeing the record-setting home run by attending summer camp. In June. He would unfurl, and…