@@GraemeCree seems if you knew something about human determination and history and the recognition of greatness, aside from numbers, you would have a broader, more applicable knowledge set. But you take your opinion as far as you want and die like the rest of us. Thanks for your dogmatic stick in the mud.

@@sword649 What a nice thing to read! Thank you!

How many players who broke Ruth’s home run record are not in the hall? You are incorrect to think that the 61 year wasn’t extraordinary enough to admit Maris to the Hall. There’s a broadcaster’s wing, for God’s sake. We honor the honorable for f-sake.

@@philbrisell you can certainly have your opinion but one year of home runs does not make you a hof player. maris 275 hr-260 average. here are 4 players off the top of my head from just one team who were just as good or better and should not be in the hof . cash 377 hr-271 avg, colavito 374 hr-266 avg, whittaker 244 hr-276 avg, horton 325 hr-273 avg. there are many more. except for one year maris was not special.

What an absurd bunch of gibberish.

Then make your case, you said nothing here. Maris should not have been given the 61 MVP, Mantle or Cash should have won the award, both had better years it's not even close. With respect to Hall of Fame selection, I cite the following rule: "No automatic elections based on performances such as a batting average of .400 or more for one (1) year, pitching a perfect game or similar outstanding achievement shall be permitted".

@@philbrisell is your Sunday this boring kid? I said one thing and it got you so BUTTHURT..

@@707ridah back at cha!

@@philbrisell 😄 touche sir, stay blessed my dude

No, he doesn't.

Please stop with the asinine remarks - “… Roger Maris homered in his first World Series at bat #OTD 1960, as the Yankees lost to the Pirates, 6-4, in Game One played at Yankee Stadium. Few numbers in baseball history are as immortal as 61 - the number of home runs Maris hit in 1961 to break Babe Ruth mark from 1927. Maris, however, was more than a one-year wonder. In 1960, his first year with the Yankees after his acquisition from the Kansas City Athletics, Maris hit 39 home runs to finish as the AL runner-up to teammate Mickey Mantle; he led the AL with 112 RBIs and with a .581 slugging percentage, and was named AL MVP. After helping the Yankees to five straight pennants (1960-1964), Maris was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in December 1966, helping them to NL pennants in 1967 and 1968. More than anything, Maris was a winner and a team-first player. After 12 big-league seasons, Maris retired after the 1968 season with 275 home runs and a 127 OPS+. For more on Maris, read his peer-edited, fact-checked, and copyedited biography in the SABR BioProject: twitter.com/SABRbioproject sabr.org/bioproj/person/Roger-Maris/ - Gregory H. Wolf, Co-Director, BioProject. Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)…”

Roger Maris homered in his first World Series at bat #OTD 1960, as the Yankees lost to the Pirates, 6-4, in Game One played at Yankee Stadium. Few numbers in baseball history are as immortal as 61 - the number of home runs Maris hit in 1961 to break Babe Ruth mark from 1927. Maris, however, was more than a one-year wonder. In 1960, his first year with the Yankees after his acquisition from the Kansas City Athletics, Maris hit 39 home runs to finish as the AL runner-up to teammate Mickey Mantle; he led the AL with 112 RBIs and with a .581 slugging percentage, and was named AL MVP. After helping the Yankees to five straight pennants (1960-1964), Maris was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in December 1966, helping them to NL pennants in 1967 and 1968. More than anything, Maris was a winner and a team-first player. After 12 big-league seasons, Maris retired after the 1968 season with 275 home runs and a 127 OPS+. For more on Maris, read his peer-edited, fact-checked, and copyedited biography in the SABR BioProject: twitter.com/SABRbioproject sabr.org/bioproj/person/Roger-Maris/ - Gregory H. Wolf, Co-Director, BioProject. Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)

@@philbrisell : he isn’t a HOF player. If that’s asinine for you, then so be it. But he isn’t.