I wouldn't exactly call myself a baseball fan, but even I was mesmerized by the home run derby between sluggers Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa in the summer of 1998, when I was just 14 years old. Those two guys put on a hitting clinic throughout the season as they chased Roger Maris' home run record together. It was heartbreaking to learn, years after the fact, that it was all too good to be true. McGwire and Sosa practically resurrected the sport of baseball that summer while driving in runs for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs, …