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Baseball’s Roger Maris: the slugger who surpassed the Babe
It was 50 years ago, on Oct. 1, that Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth’s single-season home run mark by hitting his record-breaking 61st home run on the 1961 season’s final game. Only 23,154 witnessed the the solo shot in Yankee Stadium. Maris is surely the least known of baseball’s greatest sluggers. Test your own Maris knowledge with this quiz.
2. What announcement did Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick famously make when it appeared that Maris might break Babe Ruth’s single-season home record?
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Frick said any home run record achieved after 154 games of the season would bear a “distinctive mark. |
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Frick said he hoped Ruth’s record would never be broken. |
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Frick declared that Maris would have to undergo drug tests. |
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Frick questioned whether Maris was using legal bats. |
