Description: The spectacular season of 1998 is widely considered baseball's greatest ever because both Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire broke Roger Maris's long-standing single-season home run record. Although McGwire ended up winning the contest with 70 home runs to Sammy's 66, Sammy won the hearts and admiration of millions of fans with his winning attitude and dedication to others. When a devastating hurricane swept through his Dominican Republic homeland, Sammy started the Sammy Sosa Charitable Foundation as a relief effort for all the Caribbean islands. As soon as the season concluded, Sammy headed to the Dominican Republic to further help relief efforts. One newspaper columnist heralded Sosa as, "one of the world's most prominent athletes and, without a doubt, the foremost Latin American sports hero of his time".

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