The number 61 is represented by about the person you would think:
Roger Maris hit 61 home runs in 1961. And how did he feel about that?
"I never wanted all this hoopla. All I wanted is to be a good ball player and hit twenty-five or thirty homers, drive in a hundred runs, hit .280 and help my club win pennants. I just wanted to be one of the guys, an average player having a good season."
No, really. How did he feel about that?
"It would have been a helluva lot more fun if I had not hit those sixty-one home runs."
Okay. I won't ask again.
Baseball card from BaseballAlmanac.
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