"If that's not fate," Mark McGwire said ... performed the Ruthian feat of hitting five homers in his final 11 at-bats, McGwire reached the mind-blowing total of 70. "I can't believe I did ...

and it harkens back to the "good ole days" of MLB when Sosa and Mark McGwire were locked in the home run battle for the ages. Every pair of eyes in the sports world was tuned in to every at-bat ...