Known as the Yankees' M&M Boys, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle made themselves baseball legends in 1961 with their home run race. Ultimately, Roger Maris would take the crown with 61 home runs in a ...

“I had a commitment to his heart,” Manager Johnny Keane once said about sticking with Gibson in a Game 7 when he was pitching on two days’ rest and coming off a 10-inning complete game.

Bob Gibson, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher who dominated in 1960s, dies at 84 The Baseball Hall of Famer also played college basketball at Creighton and spent a year with the Harlem Globetrotters ...

The deed was done, the Bambino caught, the pressure off. A Brooklyn kid named Sal Durante had delivered the precious baseball to Roger Maris right after the game in which Maris’ 61st home run ...

Phil Pepe’s superb new book, 1961: The Inside Story of the Maris-Mantle Home Run Chase (Triumph Books, $20.00) is the best thing yet written – or likely to be written – about the amazing ...

Look at the players that Roger Maris had on his supporting cast—Mickey Mantle, Yoggi Berra, Bill Skowron, Whitey Ford, Lou Brock, Steve Carlton, Orlando Cepeda, and Bob Gibson all had parts in ...

Roger Eugene Maris was largely misunderstood by the public during his career, particularly during the 1961 season when he broke Babe Ruth’s single season record of 60 home runs.

A number of circumstances came together to ensure that Maris set a franchise record in one 1962 game.

As a Yankee fan for 70 years, I applaud Bob Greene’s “ Cheer on Judge but Don’t Forget Maris ” (op-ed, Oct. 7). I was 14 years old and an eye witness to the duel in 1961 between Mickey ...

As Aaron Judge chases Roger Maris’ American League and Yankees record for most home runs in a season, one notorious ex-slugger believes No. 99 should set his sights higher. Mark McGwire and ...

The Yankees' Roger Maris tied Babe Ruth's single-season record for home runs with his 60th in September 1961, causing MLB Commissioner Ford Frick to weigh in. The Sporting News covered the ...