Maris Hits No. 56, Ahead of Babe Ruth's '27 Pace
Sept. 9, 1961 - Roger Maris blasted another drive into the right-field bleachers at the Stadium today. It was Roger's 56th homer of the...
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Sep 9, 2021
Ted Williams Says Maris Will Break Ruth's Record
Sept. 9, 1961 - Ted Williams said today he was "pretty sure" Roger Maris would break Babe Ruth's 60-home-run record this season. The...
Sep 8, 2021
Mantle Hits No. 52 as Yankees Trim Tribe, 9-1
Sept. 8, 1961 - One of Gary Bell's pitches hovered a split second too long in Mickey Mantle's strike zone today at the Stadium. Before...
Sep 6, 2021
Yankees Top Senators as Maris Hits No. 54
Sept. 6, 1961 - The celebrated M Squad slammed only one homer today - Roger Maris's 54th of the season. But three other Yanks knocked a...
Sep 5, 2021
Yankees Crush Senators as Mickey Hits No. 53
Sept. 5, 1961 - Mickey Mantle's 53rd homer was the first salvo of a Yankee attack that crushed the Washington Senators today, 6-1....
Sep 2, 2021
Maris Hits Nos. 52, 53 as Yankees Down Tigers, 7-2
Sept. 2, 1961 - Roger Maris catapulted himself into a commanding position in the assault on Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs today by...
Sep 1, 2021
Yankees Top Tigers as Skowron Knocks in Winning Run
Sept. 1, 1961 - While baseball's vaunted M squad spent a sultry, frustrating day at the Stadium today, a relatively obscure Yankee helped...
Aug 29, 2021
IBM Computer "Casey" Predicts Maris, not Mantle, Will Break Ruth's Record
Aug. 29, 1961 - A baseball expert who has never watched a game or read a box score was confronted today with one of the year's most...
Aug 28, 2021
Maris-Mantle Chase for Record Sparks Huge Interest
Aug. 28, 1961 - New York Yankees afternoon games at home on weekdays have not been broadcast this season on WCBS-AM, but all contests...
Aug 26, 2021
Maris Hits 51st as Yankees Crush Athletics, 5-1
Aug. 26, 1961 - Roger Maris exploded his 51st homer of the year today and baseball's nerve-wracking home run derby continues. While the...
Aug 25, 2021
Ralph Terry Dominant as Yankees Clip Athletics, 3-0
Aug. 25, 1961 - It seems that nothing can make baseball fans around the nation happier than to see the Yankees' famed M. and M. boys belt...
Aug 24, 2021
Stengel May Manage Mets in '62
Aug. 24, 1961 - There are new indications that Casey Stengel will become the manager of the New York club that will start play in the...
Aug 23, 2021
Movies: Mantle, Maris, Berra Make Hollywood Debuts in "That Touch of Mink"
Aug. 23, 1961 - Three stars of the New York Yankees made their Hollywood debuts today: Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, and Yogi Berra, who...
Aug 20, 2021
Maris Hits No. 49, Mantle No. 46, as Yankees Top Tribe, 6-0
Aug. 20, 1961 - The Yankees advanced majestically on all fronts today before a gathering of 56,307, the season's largest paid attendance...
Aug 18, 2021
Sixteen Percent Increase in Yankee Viewership on WPIX
Aug. 18, 1961 - The Mickey Mantle-Roger Maris home run derby apparently has stimulated viewing of the Yankees' baseball telecasts over...
Aug 16, 2021
Maris Hits Nos. 47 and 48 as Yankees Beat White Sox, 5-4
Aug. 16, 1961 - Nothing activates Roger Maris's bat like the sight of a White Sox pitcher 60 feet 6 inches away. In precisely those...
Aug 13, 2021
Maris Hits 2 Homers, Mantle 1, as Yankees Split Doubleheader with Senators
Aug. 13, 1961 - It was with mixed emotions that the Yankees bade farewell to Griffith Stadium today after they had split a doubleheader...
Aug 11, 2021
Yankees Destroy Senators, 12-5, as Mantle Hits 44th, Maris 42nd
Aug. 11, 1961 - Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris slugged homers as the Yankees won their ninth straight and the Senators lost their seventh...
Aug 10, 2021
Most Yankee Fans Hope Maris or Mantle Break Ruth's Home Run Record
Aug. 10, 1961 - Of 50 people interviewed at Yankee Stadium today, 39 said they were unsentimental about Babe Ruth's 1927 record of 60...
Aug 6, 2021
Mantle Hits 3 Homers as Yankees Sweep 2 from Twins
Aug. 6, 1961 - Loud praises of Mickey Mantle reverberated through the Stadium today as the celebrated slugger slammed three home runs...
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