Maris’ HRs by year:1957 14 1958 28 1958 9 1958 19 1959 16 1960 39 1961 61 1962 33 1963 23 1964 26 1965 8 1966 13 1967 9 1968 5 1961 total is 56% more than 1960 and 85% more than 1962. Never before or after did he reach 30.
Differences between 1960 and 1961: Two new teams meant lousy pitching; one of the new ballparks was a bandbox that you or I could have hit homers out in; Maris had Mantle batting ahead of him, so pitchers had to choose their poison; they didn’t have video scouting so they didn’t know how to pitch Maris.
A-rod might be the next to get a lifetime ban although I think he’s desperately trying to work out some kind of plea bargain. It was kind of funny how quickly Braun’s former defenders turned against him…….
Riff Gibson Premium Member over 11 years ago
Well, Davis is doing his part to cool down the PED whispers. He hasn’t hit much of anything since the All-Star break …
OldManOfHockey1 over 11 years ago
The legit record? In a 162 game season, not the real record – Ruth’s.
rh Premium Member over 11 years ago
Remember when Pete Rose was the most evil thing to happen to baseball? Would he even get a passing glance today?
gustaw over 11 years ago
Maris’ HRs by year:1957 14 1958 28 1958 9 1958 19 1959 16 1960 39 1961 61 1962 33 1963 23 1964 26 1965 8 1966 13 1967 9 1968 5 1961 total is 56% more than 1960 and 85% more than 1962. Never before or after did he reach 30.
Joseph Houk over 11 years ago
Differences between 1960 and 1961: Two new teams meant lousy pitching; one of the new ballparks was a bandbox that you or I could have hit homers out in; Maris had Mantle batting ahead of him, so pitchers had to choose their poison; they didn’t have video scouting so they didn’t know how to pitch Maris.
rickray777 over 11 years ago
Also remember that there were no PEDs back in the olden days.
Godfreydaniel over 11 years ago
A-rod might be the next to get a lifetime ban although I think he’s desperately trying to work out some kind of plea bargain. It was kind of funny how quickly Braun’s former defenders turned against him…….
jintsfan over 11 years ago
Rose was a manager when he bet on games. How do you know the games were not affected by his game day decisions? He deserves the ban.