HarperEntertainment Scores Celebration of the Home Run Record

Posted on September 21, 1998

HarperEntertainment announced today that is has acquired the only official Major League Baseball book about this season's quest to break the single-season home run record.

Race for the Record will be an oversized commemorative edition filled throughout with full-color photographs. It will be published in October 1998 by the newly-launched imprint HarperEntertainment, which specializes in books about movies, TV, celebrities, music and sports, as well as book programs for the NBA, the X-Files, and NASCAR.

Race for the Record follows St. Louis Cardinal Mark McGwire and Chicago Cub Sammy Sosa as they chase and eclipse baseball's most cherished record--Roger Maris's single-season record of 61 home runs. Joining Big Mac and Slammin' Sammy are Ken Griffey Jr. and Alex Rodriguez of the Seattle Mariners, Greg Vaughn of the San Diego Padres, Andres Galaraga of the Atlanta Braves, and Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants, as each slugger tries to blast his way into the record book.

"Race for the Record succeeds in capturing all the drama of this unprecedented and historic home run race," says Senior Editor Robert Wilson, who acquired the book for HarperEntertainment. "It takes the home run race from the ball park to the book page. Race for the Record is a celebration of an event so riveting and inspiring that it has transcended baseball itself and held our collective attention all season long."