It's not a good matchup for us right now. McGwire and Sosa are on a roll right now. You're talking about 20 or so years of major-league experience. Our whole pitching staff barely has 20 years. There was much talk before the game about how carefully pitchers have worked McGwire since he broke Roger Maris' record of 61 homers on Sept. 8.
Nobody seems to want to talk about it.
That certainly wasn't the case last weekend in Chicago, when Sosa bombed the Brewers into submission. The weekend outburst allowed him to pull even with McGwire and throw the home-run title up for grabs. No. 64 was the first homer for McGwire this season at County Stadium and his third against the Brewers, leaving some ground to cover to approach Sosa's output of 10 against them. The only question when it left the bat was whether there would be casualties in the bleachers. With the count 3-1, a man on second and none down, catcher Bobby Hughes called for a fastball off the outside corner from Roque.