Thread: Should the current Home Record have an asterix?
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Old 08-14-2004, 09:25 PM   #97
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Roger Maris’ home run record was tainted simply because he played a few more games in 1961 than Babe Ruth did a few decades earlier. At least that’s what the Bud Selig of his time, Ford Frick, wanted everyone to believe.



Maris’ big crime, of course, wasn’t that he got a few more at-bats than the Babe when he hit 61 home runs. He had taken the record of a national icon, and Frick wasn’t about to let Ruth’s legacy be diminished.
That's what I was talking about. But also keep in mind, that when Maris was going for the record, he wasn't supported. People were actually against him doing it. That in itself made it a remarkable feat and should (IMO) negate the "*".
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