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Maris And The * - Dream Team Disaster - Pennant Race, Richard C. Crepeau
Maris And The * - Dream Team Disaster - Pennant Race, Richard C. Crepeau
On Sport and Society
Tuesday, October 1, was the 30th anniversary of Roger Maris' 61st home run, which broke Babe Ruth's record of 60 homers set in 1927. That Sunday in 1961 in Yankee Stadium should have been a wonderful occasion for Roger Maris, but instead it was the end of a long season of agony. Sportswriters and fans in New York and around the nation had done their best to make life miserable for Maris, for having the temerity to challenge the single season home run record of Babe Ruth.