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How can anyone believe this baseball season? Roger Maris has hit 59 or 61 home runs depending on how you look at it; Warren Spahn has tossed a no-hitter, won his 300th game, and chalked up 20 victories for the umpteenth season; and most incredible of all, the Cincinnati...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cincinnati Will Surprise Yankees in World Series | 10/5/1961 | See Source »

Of course the Yankees are good. Six men hit more than 20 home runs for the Bombers this season--Maris (61), Mickey Mantle (54), Bill Skowron (28), Yogi Berra (22), Elston Howard (21), and John Blanchard (21). But you must remember that all these inflated marks were made in a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cincinnati Will Surprise Yankees in World Series | 10/5/1961 | See Source »

An interesting aspect of this Series is the juggling of outfield positions. Manager Ralph Houk of the Yankees plans to field Berra in left, Mantle in center, and Maris in right, unless Mantle can't play, in which case Houk will put Berra in left, Maris in center, and Blanchard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cincinnati Will Surprise Yankees in World Series | 10/5/1961 | See Source »

Finally the questionnaire asks for factual responses--what was Roger Maris' batting average this season; how many times did Louis Aparicio steal this year; what was Warren Spahn's 1961 pitching record. These questions gave Aronson a clue to the viewer's knowledge of baseball--important, Aronson said, because the...

Author: By Richard B. Ruge, | Title: Sports Fans, World Series, Mantle Play Part in Psychology Experiment | 10/5/1961 | See Source »

With all that money, Maris could easily afford to pay the $2,500 "ransom" demanded last week by the Baltimore fan who caught the ball the Yankees' new hero hit for his 59th homer. But like a true big league ballplayer, Maris was not about to shake loose a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Making of a Hero | 9/29/1961 | See Source »

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