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Dates: during 1970-1979
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109. In 1961, the year Roger Maris hit 61 homers, who won the batting title in the A.L.?

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sports Cube World Series Time Quiz | 10/12/1979 | See Source »

Dubbed "Lightning and Thunder" by Teammate Bob Watson, Lynn and Rice form one of the most powerful duos in baseball history. "It's gotta be the strongest one-two punch since Maris and Mantle," says Baltimore Manager Earl Weaver. Batting third and fourth in the Red Sox lineup, Lynn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Two Princes for the Throne | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

"The history of the New York Yankees is virtually the history of baseball," New York Times columnist Dave Anderson writes in introducing this shameless horn-blower of a book. After those 11 years, you feel like blowing your horn; bask in the hubris, regreet old friends. Watch Babe Ruth's...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Pantheon in Pinstripes | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

And listen to the stories, about Ruth earing an 18-egg omlet, and the time he bellied up to Warren Harding before a game with the Senators and said "Hot as hell, ain't it, Prez?" Or how about the time Don "Perfect Game" Larsen totalled his car during spring...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Pantheon in Pinstripes | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

There's a marvelous photograph here, incidentally, of Maris returning to the Stadium on Old Timers' Day after a decade of bitterness, still wearing the aircraft-carrier haircut, arms spread wide to the applause. It stands out among the over 100 pictures, including some fine old shots of Ruth and...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Pantheon in Pinstripes | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

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