On September 26, 1961, Yankees outfielder Roger Maris hit his 60th home run of the season to tie Babe Ruth’s 34-year-old single season record. Since the homer came in the 159th game of a newly-expanded season, however (previous seasons had 154 games), baseball commissioner Ford Frick determined that Ruth would remain the single season record holder.
So fun to watch. Thanks.
I think we’ve talked about this before, but Maris being born in Hibbing, Minnesota same as Bob Dylan, the two of them so much on opposite ends of the confidence spectrum or maybe not. Maybe they both prefer living to some degree in the shadows.
Yeah, i vague recall you having mentioned Hibbing. They were both impressive at what they did.