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This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/6/2021
Perhaps no season was as exciting as 1998’s single-season home run race. All summer, St. Louis’ Mark McGwire, Seattle’s Ken Griffey Jr. and Chicago’s Sammy Sosa battled it out, each striving to break the most famous record in the game – Roger Maris’ 61 home run mark. Big Mac eventually emerged the victor, hitting the record breaking 62nd homer on September 8th and adding eight more by the time the season ended to finish with 70.
McGwire used this Rawlings MAC25 model bat during the 1998 season. This bat displays light game use and is un-cracked. There are black ink transfers and black bat rack streaks present on the barrel. ”MAC25”, the order number “824” and the year “98” have been stamped on the knob and “33 McGwire” has been handwritten in blue pen. There is a very light coating of pine tar on the upper handle/lower barrel area with the red stripe. There are additional pine tar remnants on the lower handle. This bat comes with a LOA from PSA/DNA (1B25128) for the game use. Please note that the PSA/DNA sticker has been affixed to the LOA and not the bat.