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Originally Posted by packs
I guess I'm pointing these players out because I think Roger's exclusion boils down to BS.
Hitting 61 home runs and setting the single season home run mark was a legendary feat, far greater in the context of baseball than driving in the most runs or winning 40 games as a pitcher. Yet he has been chosen for exclusion and I would say it's mostly because his chase didn't make him a popular guy. People actively rooted against him. Sent him death threats. Wanted him to fail.
I would put it out there that Roger Maris is a casualty of circumstance in that he was after Babe Ruth, the one guy you don't show up.
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Deep into the 61 season Mantle was still very much in the chase. I was not yet aware of baseball, were people rooting against him too?