{"id":346411,"date":"2021-09-30T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/roger-maris-mickey-mantle-chasing-61-homers-60-years-later\/"},"modified":"2021-09-30T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T10:00:00","slug":"roger-maris-mickey-mantle-chasing-61-homers-60-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/roger-maris-mickey-mantle-chasing-61-homers-60-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"#Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle chasing 61 homers, 60 years later"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af2bfdf49342\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af2bfdf49342\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/roger-maris-mickey-mantle-chasing-61-homers-60-years-later\/#Six_decades_after_Roger_Maris_and_Mickey_Mantle_dueled_for_Babe_Ruths_hallowed_single-season_home_run_record_the_legacies_of_that_1961_season_endure_and_its_scars_remain\" >Six decades after Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle dueled for Babe Ruth\u2019s hallowed single-season home run record, the legacies of that 1961 season endure and its scars remain<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle chasing 61 homers, 60 years later<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/maris-mantle-color-edit-ap.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Six_decades_after_Roger_Maris_and_Mickey_Mantle_dueled_for_Babe_Ruths_hallowed_single-season_home_run_record_the_legacies_of_that_1961_season_endure_and_its_scars_remain\"><\/span>Six decades after Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle dueled for Babe Ruth\u2019s hallowed single-season home run record, the legacies of that 1961 season endure and its scars remain<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>\u201cSixty! Count \u2019em, 60! Let some other son of a bitch match that!\u201d<\/em><br \/>\u2014 Babe Ruth<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The crowds swell in the summer, when the sun accepts a starring role and baseball is most firmly entrenched in our identities. Tourists come from all over \u2014 from the Great Plains, from New York, from the major league city a 3\u00bd-hour drive away (Minneapolis)\u00a0 \u2014 to visit the Midwest monument.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoger Maris still gets a lot of visitors,\u201d said a part-time bookkeeper at Fargo\u2019s Holy Cross Cemetery, whose North Dakota DNA and Maris-like aversion to publicity demands he request anonymity. \u201cNobody forgets Roger Maris.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was snowing, and the temperature barely broke zero, when Maris arrived at his final resting place on Dec. 19, 1985. 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Count \u2019em, 60! 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