Summer '61 by frogdot

Bryce • (none) • posted on Dec 06, 2004

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Back then, we slept with doors unlocked and my hero, Roger Maris hit 61 home runs. They put an asterisk next to his name after that. He didn't deserve it. Today, it seems like some sports heroes need asterisks too, but they deserve theirs. *** wall textures from chemicalstudios

Comments (16)

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HSG

11:52AM | Mon, 06 December 2004

Excellent in simplicity, and message. I could not agree more. Used to be athletes did it for the love of the game. No longer is that true. Just another sign of simple times gone by.

vangogh

12:23PM | Mon, 06 December 2004

Love the simplicity of this one. Isn't it funny that no one even challenged Maris for so long and then all of a sudden there were two players racing against each other in the same year to break his record! This was soon after Baseball's last strike and fan enthusiasm was down and they wanted to find a way to revive ticket sales. So they looked the other way while players downed steriods and probably used corked bats too. It's also funny that in the last two years things have quieted back down record breaking wise, but that's OK with the baseball officials because the fan money is now pouring in to the ballparks again. Sosa, McQuire and Bonds may have hits more homers than Maris, but they haven't broken his record, as far as I'm concerned.

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