Man, 1961 was something else. I was a junior in high school in SoCal. Mickey vs. Maris had Yankees fans in two hostile camps. Mickey had aged into greatness while Roger was the Yankee’s version of Charlie Hustle. All heart and 100% effort. Injuries hit Mickey down the stretch. Roger fought hostility and fate to hit 61. Loved the movie they made about that season, Special.
Great story, Tom. Always good to come across stories like that. Did the site go down? I almost banged my head on the wall when I couldn’t get through. Glad it is up and running.
What a great season by Aaron.
Yankees need to pay Judge whatever.
He is the class of the league.
A lot of baseball people believe he will be a Giant next year. It’s been his dream since he was a kid.
I don’t see how the Yankees could let him go.
Aaron bet big on himself and deserves the lottery.
Cashman loses Judge, he looses his job as GM.
Is MLB like the NBA? Does the home team get an advantage or can anyone offer whatever?
Interestingly, the 61 home run record stood for 61 years before he finally broke it.
Man, 1961 was something else. I was a junior in high school in SoCal. Mickey vs. Maris had Yankees fans in two hostile camps. Mickey had aged into greatness while Roger was the Yankee’s version of Charlie Hustle. All heart and 100% effort. Injuries hit Mickey down the stretch. Roger fought hostility and fate to hit 61. Loved the movie they made about that season, Special.
Great story, Tom. Always good to come across stories like that. Did the site go down? I almost banged my head on the wall when I couldn’t get through. Glad it is up and running.
Yes, we were down part of yesterday. Some automatic update had a bug.
Our apologies,
Toss in 99 Wins with AJ99. My parents took me Cleveland to see Mick play, believe 1968?