Roger Maris hit # 61 on the last day of the 1961 season and set a new season record. MLB put an asterisk next to Maris' 61 home runs. It was a way of saying that Ruth hit 60 in a 154-game season and Maris under 162 games.
Maris's home run landed in the right field seats. Sal Durante, a young man from Brooklyn, caught the ball.
Maris lived with an asterisk next to his record until his death in 1985. It was removed by Commissioner Fay Vincent in 1991.
This is a nice book about Maris.
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