1, 1961, Roger Maris rocked the baseball world by passing the legendary Babe Ruth with his 61st home run on the last day of the regular season. In newspapers across the country, Maris faced both ...

giving him a shot at surpassing the 61 Roger Maris hit in 1961. “I’m definitely nervous,” Ficek said. “This is the first legitimate approaching of the record.” The word “legitimate ...

Actors Barry Pepper, left, as Roger Maris, and Thomas Jane, as Mickey Mantle, certainly look the part in Billy Crystal's "61*." As happened when Mark McGwire pursued and broke Maris' record three ...

61 years ago to the day of publication, New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris hit his 60th home run of the Major League Baseball season, tying Babe Ruth's single-season home run record.

If he breaks the record, they should put an asterisk next to his name. Of course, I’m talking about Barry B... I mean, Roger Maris. It was a sportswriter who first suggested that an asterisk be ...

The first homer was hit by Roger Maris in 1961. Babe Ruth was involved ... ball that broke Ruth’s hallowed single-season home run record. All he wanted was to hand it to Maris after the game.

Judge set the single-season American League home run record with 62 long balls, eclipsing the 61 former Yankees star Roger ...

Judge is closing in on Roger Maris’ AL record of 61 homers and might also win the Triple Crown. He’s done it while playing quite a bit of center field for a team that’s nearing a division title.