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Roger Maris

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Roger Maris and the Myth of the Asterisk

    ​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 season 50 years ago which captivated the country. Pepe dispels several myths about the legendary pursui ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    Roger Maris for the Hall? No, It's Still Not a Good Idea

    ​Every few years, like a bad idea whose time has come, the argument for Roger Maris and the Hall of Fame springs up again. There have been several lately, no doubt spurred by the 50th anniversary of the Maris-Mantle home run chase in 1961 when both Yankee sluggers went after Babe Ruth's single ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Pirates-Yankees 1960 Tonight, Thanks to Bing Crosby

    ​Bing Crosby didn't know it, but when he took off for Paris on October 12, 1960, he left us all with a wonderful Christmas present. Bing was part owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates and fearful that his National League champions were no match for the Mickey Mantle-Roger Maris-Whitey Ford Yankees. ... More >>

  • News

    October 20, 2010

    Best Of NYC: We're the Greatest Sports City in the World

    And proud of it

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    Jockbeat: As Another World Series Looms, A Look Back at a Tarnished One

    ​It's October, and the ghost of Shoeless Joe Jackson once again haunts the autumn breezes. In Chicago, two attorneys with ties to the Chicago Baseball Museum organization are claiming that Eliot Asinof, author of the best seller about the 1919 "Black Sox" scandal, Eight Men Out, was wrong abou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    Jockbeat: Baseball's Striking Anniversary

    ​Do you remember where you were 15 years ago today?  Wherever you were, you probably woke up, like me, to the startling revelation that "There's no baseball today!"In fact, as we'll never forget, there was no baseball for the rest of the year -- none in fact until April of 1995.   A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2009

    Kobe Scores 61 Against Local Team

    The Knicks (21-26) began "Dream Week" with a 126-117 loss to the Lakers. It doesn't look too bad until you realize Kobe Bryant scored almost half Los Angeles' points. His 61-point performance, a new Garden record (supplanting Bernard King's 60 points in a 1984 game) was celebrated by the fans at MSG ... More >>

  • News

    September 17, 2008

    Former Mets/Yankees Reflect on the Stadiums Facing Demolition

    The Knicks (21-26) began "Dream Week" with a 126-117 loss to the Lakers. It doesn't look too bad until you realize Kobe Bryant scored almost half Los Angeles' points. His 61-point performance, a new Garden record (supplanting Bernard King's 60 points in a 1984 game) was celebrated by the fans at MSG ... More >>

  • News

    February 19, 2008

    Mantle Still Hits Cleanup

    The Mick’s family tries to block a collector from cashing in on his name

  • NYC Life

    August 22, 2006

    Atlas Slugged

    Alex Rodriguez is one of the greatest Yankees ever. And the whole world is on his back?

  • Film

    April 26, 2005

    Film

    Alex Rodriguez is one of the greatest Yankees ever. And the whole world is on his back?

  • NYC Life

    December 14, 2004

    Drug Bunt

    If faith in stats is a baseball fan's lifeblood, what to do when the numbers are doped up?

  • Music

    October 10, 2000

    The Imaginary City

    If faith in stats is a baseball fan's lifeblood, what to do when the numbers are doped up?

  • News

    June 20, 2000

    Sports

    If faith in stats is a baseball fan's lifeblood, what to do when the numbers are doped up?

  • News

    August 24, 1999

    Director of the Pinstriped Pilgrimage

    Tony Morante breaks down the big ballyard in the Bronx

  • News

    March 9, 1999

    Legend in the Gray Flannel Suit

    Joseph Paul Dimaggio, 1914-1999

  • News

    January 5, 1999

    Winners Take All

    The Seventh Annual Village Voice Sportswriters Poll

  • Specials

    October 6, 1998

    Letters

    The Seventh Annual Village Voice Sportswriters Poll

  • News

    September 22, 1998

    Swinging Sixties

    An Analysis of an Exclusive Baseball Club

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