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Article: Roger Maris belongs in the Hall of Fame.(Sports)(Extra Points)(Forum)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- October 6, 1996
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It was 35 years ago when the New York Yankees hit 240 home runs to set the major league single-season team record. Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Moose Skowron, Yogi Berra, Clete Boyer, John Blanchard and Bobby Richardson were among the greats on that team. Mantle and Maris - "the M-and-M Boys" - contributed 115 home runs alone. Now the Baltimore Orioles have broken the record.
On Oct. 1, 1961, 34 years after Babe Ruth completed a 60-homer season, Roger Maris hit No. 61 for a 162-game record. . . . Mantle called Maris' 61 home runs the "greatest sports accomplishment of his time." When asked about Maris and the Hall of Fame in 1978, Henry Aaron said, "What ...