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This is an interesting read for a baseball history junkie. The first few chapters on his family before him was hard to follow and I believe a little overdone. The only thing I didn't like about this book was it starts very slow. It was also interesting to find out that a lot of things in Billy Crystal's *61 film was inaccurate. His 61' season came as the media was changing as well and this affected his life as well. Louis Cardinals and been a big factor of two-pennant winning teams.Maris seemed like a really good person that cared about his family a lot and not the shining bright lights of NY. I had forgotten he had played the last two years of his career with the St. I liked this book because even though its main focus was the 1961 season, it told a lot about his other years as well.

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He was a true winner as well, having played in 7 World Series in just over 10 years. He also won the 1960 MVP and has solid years in 1962 and 63. Maris broke the single season record of home runs with 61 in 1961, but what most people forget is that he wasn't a one-year wonder. I had forgott A pretty good book on one of the most misunderstood men in baseball history, Roger Maris. With research drawn from more than 130 interviews with Maris's teammates, opponents, family, and friends, as well as 16 pages of photos, some of which have never before been seen, this timely and poignant biography sheds light on an iconic figure from baseball's golden era-and establishes the importance of his role in the game's history.moreĪ pretty good book on one of the most misunderstood men in baseball history, Roger Maris. And over time, he gained redemption in the eyes of the Yankee faithful. After the tremendous challenge of breaking Ruth's record was behind him, Maris ultimately regained his love of baseball as a member of the world champion St. At the center is the exciting story of the 1961 season and the ordeal Maris endured as an outsider in Yankee pinstripes, unloved by fans who compared him unfavorably to their heroes Ruth and Mantle, relentlessly attacked by an aggressive press corps who found him cold and inaccessible, and treated miserably by the organization.

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Tom Clavin and Danny Peary trace the dramatic arc of Maris's life, from his boyhood in Fargo through his early pro career in the Cleveland Indians farm program, to his World Series championship years in New York and beyond. It was Mantle himself who said, 'Roger was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.' Yet Maris was vilified by fans and the press and has never received his due from biographers-until now. In 1961, the soft-spoken man from the frozen plains of North Dakota enjoyed one of the most amazing seasons in baseball history, when he outslugged his teammate Mickey Mantle to become the game's natural home-run king. 'ROGER MARIS may be the greatest ballplayer no one really knows. In 1961, the soft-spoken man from the frozen plains of North Dakota enjoyed one of the most amazing 'The definitive biography of the baseball legend who broke Babe Ruth's single-season home-run record-the natural way-and withstood a firestorm of media criticism to become one of his era's preeminent players. 'The definitive biography of the baseball legend who broke Babe Ruth's single-season home-run record-the natural way-and withstood a firestorm of media criticism to become one of his era's preeminent players.