Judge�s 62nd hR Different Perspective

packs · #1 10-05-2022, 02:23 PM

The pressure of the race you're talking about can't materialize until baseball puts an asterisk next to Bonds. Hitting 62 home runs is a feat but he was never on pace for 74.

Peter_Spaeth · #2 10-05-2022, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by packs

The pressure of the race you're talking about can't materialize until baseball puts an asterisk next to Bonds. Hitting 62 home runs is a feat but he was never on pace for 74.

Well the supposed pressure on Maris is always played up, unless like Aaron he was getting death threats I would question that too.

cammb · #3 10-05-2022, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Well the supposed pressure on Maris is always played up, unless like Aaron he was getting death threats I would question that too.

Read some of the newspapers in 1961. Just google them. Maris was certainly receiving death threats.

Peter_Spaeth · #4 10-05-2022, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by cammb

Read some of the newspapers in 1961. Just google them. Maris was certainly receiving death threats.

I did not realize that. The pressure mentioned earlier in the thread was that of fans not wanting him to break the record, or preferring Mantle. If he was getting death threats that's legitimate pressure.

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