Article: SWAT TEAM; Home-run kings Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle duel again in HBO's movie "61#," the first grand slam of TV's May sweeps.(VARIETY)

Article: 37 years ago, Roger Maris swatted 61 homers to surpass ...
The Boston Herald;  July 19, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... taking deadly, SWAT-like aim at Roger Maris' 37-year-old mark for most home runs ... that new record-holder would shatter Maris' mark by far more than the one home run Maris beat Babe Ruth's 34-year-old record by, back in ...

Article: 60; With his first swing of the bat Saturday, Mark McGwire barged ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 6, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... home runs that he needs to surpass Roger Maris' single-season record of 61 home runs ... its NFL schedule. It also meant that the Maris family will be in Busch Stadium today ... ceremony should McGwire tie - or surpass - Maris' record. Saturday's home run was McGwire ...

Article: `Records are made to be broken' Babe Ruth's ...
The Boston Globe;  October 4, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... the proceeds to the Babe Ruth Museum in Baltimore ... breaking Roger Maris's home run record of 61 and shattering Babe Ruth's 60 from 1927 ... that members of the Maris family were there ... to me he wasn't Babe Ruth the ballplayer ...

Article: IT'S ALL BEEN SAID ABOUT BABE RUTH; IT'S TIME FOR A ...
The Virginian Pilot;  August 16, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... the country - The Babe Ruth World Series. But ... Griffey chase Roger Maris' 61-home-run ... Just that he was Babe Ruth. Which tells it ... somebody else a second Babe Ruth. Never another like ... the button. Roger Maris broke Ruth's 60 ...

Article: The Day Babe Ruth Died
The Washington Post;  August 16, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... learned to care, but when Babe Ruth was around, no other ... important. The death of Babe Ruth made us look for new meanings ... paratrooper and Ranger, after Maris had eclipsed Ruth's ... August -- the month that Babe Ruth and my mother died. I ...

Article: LEGENDS STILL COUNT: Barry Bonds is challenging history, a piece ...
Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN);  May 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... owned until 1961, when Roger Maris hit 61 during the first season ... to put an asterisk next to Maris' achievement in the official ... has been since removed. That Maris had passed Ruth and not, say ... And now he stands next to Babe Ruth, a symbol of baseball no less ...

Article: Babe Ruth dethroned? Whither the Sultan of Swat?
The Baseball Research Journal;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... though the towering figure of Babe Ruth had played the game in an unparalleled ... or merely one of the best? Babe Ruth died in 1948. Opinions vary ... should play in a higher league. Babe Ruth's career lasted for 22 years ... Yankee right fielder Roger Maris hit 61 home runs in an ...