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We're going to be taking a standard time machine back in time today with AJ Schnack.

Look at like a snack. He is the director of Long Gone Summer.

This was an ESPN 30 for 30. Again, it is Sunday June 14th at 9 p.m. That is this Sunday

if you're listening when this podcast drops. It's about Big Mac. It's about Sammy Sosa.

It's about the summer of 98. You're obviously very familiar with that. If you're listening to

this podcast, your baseball fan, you know what the summer of 98 was all about. It was about

homers. It was about here. Summer that saved baseball. The summer that saved baseball. Big Mac and

Sammy just trading blows punch and counter punch all season long. It was it was insane. And watching

it legitimately took me back to those moments. It took me back to that time in our game.

And it was really cool because it gives you an escape away from that huge cloud that was

looming over the game at that time. And that would continue to loom. And it also gave you an

opportunity to kind of, I don't want to say dive into, but really take stock of the energy

that surrounded these moments. This entire race really from start to finish. Yeah. I mean,

obvious. I mean, I was nine. I was nine during the summer of 98. But I remember it because

like my father made sure I remembered it. Like we were, you know, the TV would be on during

the summer. Like we'd be barbecue and outside. And like, I don't even remember what we were

watching. But if it wasn't like a nationally televised game with like the cobs or the cardinals,

they would cut in to whatever it is that was on. And they would show you the home runs or the

at bats. And I remember watching McGuire, a Thai Maris. I remember watching him pass Maris.

And I remember my dad being like, you're going to remember this for the rest of your life. And

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