I remember listening to that game on KIRO. What a blast that was, huh?
Two of the most powerful blasts I ever saw in the Kingdome hit speaker wires. One was Dave Kingman playing for the A's. He hit what would have been a monstrous homerun to left, but Phil Bradley caught it as it came off the speaker wire.
The other was Ken Phelps who hit what would have been a first inning grand slam to right, but it too hit the speaker wire and fell foul. He was pissed!
I like McGwire and won't feel bad if he does somehow get voted in eventually, but I also understand why most writers won't vote for him.
Equally amazing is that Randy Johnson had 17 K's and lost 1-0...gave up two hits.