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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
I can't see putting someone in for one year no matter how remarkable.
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Roger Maris was a 2x MVP though. Only a small minority of HOFers can make that claim. Plus he set a MLB record that stood for 61 years. Of course it was only for home runs but still....
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Originally Posted by Seven
Makes you feel bad for Roger Maris, the more you learn about his story. His hair was falling out from the stress of the record, plus the fact that most people wanted Mantle to break it rather than him. The press hounded him, people bothered his family.
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That plus the fact that his home team fans were cheering
against him when he set his record. Those are Yankee fans for you but being derided for excellence by your own team's fans would have been tough on any player.
The bottom line though is that it's the Baseball Hall of
Fame and Maris is still more famous than most of the inductees. And he fits the current meaning of the word "famous".