Watch Mark McGwire homer in four straight games to open the 1998 season

Tuesday marked the St. Louis Cardinals' fourth off-day since the start of the season eight days prior on Sunday Night Baseball. The official Cardinals Instagram shared an image of Mark McGwire to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the day he hit three home runs in the same game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Note the red-beaked Cardinals on the jersey.

On April 14, 1998 Mark McGwire hit three home runs in one game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, to become the only Cardinals player to do so at Busch Stadium (1966-2005). #CardsArchives

A photo posted by St. Louis Cardinals (@cardinals) on Apr 14, 2015 at 10:25am PDT

I couldn't find video on MLB.com of the three-homer game. However, there is a video of McGwire hitting a dinger in each of the first four games of the 1998 season. Behold the dingers in their non-HD glory:

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