McGwire vs. Sosa — Generating Power | 2
Sports Wars
Wondery
4.5 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2019
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Mark McGwire doesn't leave college with a diploma: he leaves with a beautiful swing and a ticket to the show. Pretty soon, though, his personal life is in tatters and so is his game. Can bulking up he get him back on track? Meanwhile, Sammy Sosa explodes into the majors. But he also implodes. He's streaky, and that streakiness zaps his confidence. When the Cubs sign him to a huge deal, he'll have to prove, once and for all, that he's worth it.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Prime members, you can listen to sports wars at free on Amazon Music. |
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| 0:06.9 | Hi, I'm Lindsey Graham, the host of Wondries Podcast American Scandal. |
| 0:11.1 | Our newest series looks at the Kids for Cash Scandal, a story about two judges who stood |
| 0:16.0 | accused of making millions of dollars in a brazen scheme that shattered the lives of countless |
| 0:21.0 | children. |
| 0:22.0 | Listen to American Scandal on Amazon Music or wherever you catch your podcasts. |
| 0:26.0 | James Dolan is a man born to immense privilege. |
| 0:29.0 | And in the new podcast, Rain of Error, you're going to see his rise from aspiring musician |
| 0:33.4 | to the throne of one of the most beloved franchises in sports. |
| 0:36.7 | Rain of Error details how Dolan has become a lightning rod for criticism as he tries to escape |
| 0:41.3 | from the shadow of his billionaire dad. |
| 0:43.2 | Listen to Rain of Error on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:54.4 | Spring 1971 on a sun-baked Saturday at the Community Baseball Park in Claremont, California. |
| 1:01.6 | A red-headed, freckle-faced eight-year-old steps to the plate. |
| 1:05.4 | The picture is four years older, a 12-year-old. |
| 1:08.8 | So is nearly every other kid on the diamond, but eight-year-old Mark McGuire is as big as |
| 1:14.4 | any of them as he steps to the plate for his first little league at bat. |
| 1:19.2 | All the other boys marks age play pony league, standard little kid baseball. |
| 1:23.8 | But he's been bumped up to play with the bigger kids. |
| 1:26.8 | It's already clear that this big kid is something special. |
| 1:31.2 | That fact doesn't make him any less nervous, though. |
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