There is only one reason why Mark McGwire has received more press coverage than Sammy Sosa, and it doesn't involve the color of his skin. Mark McGwire was the first man in baseball history to hit sixty-two home runs.
Racism is an important issue which sadly still confronts our nation today.
Baseball, like the business world or even the college admissions process, is not immune to it. Baseball, however, is diligently trying to rid itself of any accusations that it might favor non-minorities. Its efforts, although just a beginning, far exceed the efforts of any other professional sports league. To devalue the spectacular home run chase of 1998 with charges of racism is unfair and inaccurate. Sammy Sosa has said numerous times the racist charges are without merit.