"Ruth's record is forever safe ... it can never be taken from him," barked Cleveland Manager Jimmie Dykes last week. But Dykes's dictum was beginning to sound like wishful thinking. Minutes after he spoke, New York Yankee Rightfielder Roger Maris whacked his 32nd home run, thus zoomed 18 games ahead of Babe Ruth's pace in 1927, the year he reached his record 60.
Maris, with four round-trippers in six days, was only one of a crowd: St. Louis Cardinal First Baseman Bill White, Boston Red Sox Catcher Jim Pagliaroni, New York Yankee Catcher Elston Howard also belted four apiece. Slender Milwaukee Rightfielder...
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