Look at the video. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa seem to be so happy. Do they not know - or not care that their accomplishments are tainted because they took performance enhancing drugs? Mark McGwire broke the single season home run record that Roger Maris had previously set. Maris's 61st home run came on October 1, 1961 during the 162nd and last day of the season. McGwire … [Read more...] about Mark McGwire Breaks Maris Record – September 8, 1998
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Mickey Mantle Hits 50th HR. Maris already has 53 – September 3, 1961
Mickey Mantle his 49th and 50th home runs of the season on September 3, 1961. He joined Roger Maris in “the 50 home run club”. Maris at that point already had 53 homers. Both Mantle and Maris were now ahead of Babe Ruth’s 1927 60 home run (in 154 games, per Commissioner Ford Frick’s edict) pace. Bob Holbrook, in the Boston Globe wrote. Luis Arroyo said it nicely “You … [Read more...] about Mickey Mantle Hits 50th HR. Maris already has 53 – September 3, 1961