ot; (Rains 61). I believe the long hours of taking ground balls
helped him become one of the best fielding first baseman and earned McGwire a few
Gold Glove Awards during his career. McGwire has also shown his dedication "When
McGwire took countless ground balls on a patch of rocky ground, trying to practice
some of the bad hops and unusual bounces" (Rains 62). Without a question McGwire
was determined to work hard on his fielding. When McGwire wasn't fielding ground
balls, he would be practicing his swing during batting practice. McGwire would make
his adjustments in batting practice to find his right stance to hit a home run. Many
players don't take the time to work on their stance to become a better hitter like
McGwire does, which is why I think he has shown much dedication in hitting the big
home run. With this dedication, "Mark started this quest for the record early in spring
training, setting his mind on accomplishing this one goal to be the king of all homerun
hitters" (Reily 37). "When the season was all over McGwire accomplished this goal
hitting a homerun every 7.3 at bats, which was a record pace" (Reily 36). McGwire has
also shown a dedication off the field by setting up his own foundations for children. I
found an article from the Sports Illustrated called "Mark McGwire Is A Hero For More
Than His Homers". In this article I found out a lot of important information which
McGwire does off the field when he's not playing baseball. When McGwire isn't
hitting homeruns on the field, he's spending his time off the field interacting with the
kids from "The Mark McGwire Foundation for Children, which is a foundation he has
committed three million dollar of his salary to help physically and sexually abused
children in local hospitals in St. Louis and around Los Angeles" (McGregor 22).
Without a doubt...