Sept. 13, 1998

Sammy Sosa becomes the second player to hit more than 61 homers in a season - but also the second this season. The Chicago Cubs star crushes two drives over Wrigley Field's left-field bleachers into Waveland Avenue as he joins Mark McGwire with 62 homers.

After the Cubs' 11-10, 10-inning victory, Sosa has this message for Big Mac: "I wish you could be with me today, but I know you're watching me. . . . This is for you. I love you." And then Sosa gives his signature gesture, kissing the tips of his first two fingers and pointing toward the television cameras.

No. 61 comes in the fifth inning, No. 62 in the ninth. The largest Wrigley crowd of the season (40,846) rises and chants, "Samm-ee, Samm-ee" and "MVP, MVP."

The former shoeshine boy in the Dominican Republic will finish the season with 66 homers, second best in history to McGwire's 70. He will win the National League MVP award.