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Article: All-Star sluggers should brew up big numbers at Coors Field
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- July 5, 1998
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DENVER Only at Coors Field could baseball's annual home run
contest, normally a sideshow to the All-Star game, be as eagerly
anticipated as the game itself.
Coors Field's reputation as a homer haven is well-deserved, as
National League sluggers such as Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds and Mike
Piazza already know and AL sluggers are about to experience.
It will get a workout on Monday, when McGwire and Sammy Sosa
will compete in the annual home run derby, although AL slugger Ken
Griffey Jr. has declined.
In 1996, more homers were hit at Coors Field (271) than in any
other major league park. The 245 homers hit at Coors Field in 1997
again ranked first in the majors.
This season, primarily ...