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"When I'm not hitting," says New York Yankees Right Fielder Roger Maris, "my wife could be pitching and get me out." Then he adds: "But when I am hitting, you watch out." With the 1960 baseball season entering its steaming final phases, there is no question at all...
Blond and crewcut, with a jutting jaw and cold green eyes, Maris is all athlete. He stands an even 6 ft., weighs 202 Ibs., and although by baseball's terms he is known as a wrist hitter, the description is not quite accurate. "Maris," says Yankee Coach Ralph Houk...
Long Trail Unwinding. A natural athlete, it still took him a while and some frustrations to get where he is. As a Cleveland Indians rookie in 1957, he fractured a rib in a collision at second base, hit a sorry .235 in 116 games. Traded the next season to the...
On the opening day of the 1960 season, Roger Maris served notice that he had finally come into his own: he smashed two homers, a double and a single. He has been going ever since. Says Yankee Superstar Mickey Mantle, just a little wistfully: "I never saw anybody hit so...
Sixty in '60? Maris' phlegmatic front conceals an intense competitive spirit. Where others go through the motions in batting practice, Maris digs in, swings as though the deciding game of the World Series is at stake. In a late inning of a recent game, with the Yankees far...