Cameron would rank near the top as well. Cameron played for eight teams during his 15-plus year career, and did not last more than four years with any of them. He had four seasons with 4.0 or more WARP, but was only selected to one All-Star Game. He...

There was the sight of Rogers Hornsby , one of the greatest hitters in baseball history, teaching pitchers how to bunt. There was the image of Hook, a member of the American Rocket Society, giving an impromptu clubhouse talk on propulsion and declaring...

Gamers writes: "Let’s go back to the future, shall we, to a date in 1998 in New York City, New York. Baseball legends Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire are chasing the Major League Baseball home run record set by Roger Maris; The Denver Broncos beat the Green...

Light-hitting shortstop Dal Maxville batted .227/.297/.297 with a home run and 41 RBIs. His 1967 $25,000 salary was the lowest on the team. Roger Maris batted .261/.346/.405 with nine home runs and 55 RBIs. He was paid $75,000. Maris made more money...

And then Roger Maris came up and 'Roger Maris, he’s our million dollar player.' Then when Al Kaline came up I said, 'Al Kaline, he’s our five million dollar player.' Of course, today that would seem like small money, but not back then. But I was about...

I went to see live baseball, but it wasn’t the Yankees. I was in St Louis watching the Cardinals and Pirates with my dad and brother, both Cardinals fans. The Cardinals were defending World Champions, in first place again and had stars like Gibson,...

We were playing the Yankees, of course. And then Roger Maris came up and “Roger Maris, he’s our million dollar player.” Then when Al Kaline came up I said, “Al Kaline, he’s our five million dollar player.” Of course, today that would seem like small...

Q: You bring up the fact that Roger Maris had no intentional walks in 1961 hitting in front of Mickey Mantle, and conclude that one can’t quantify value with precision because of variables like Mantle helping Maris to get better pitches or increasing...

"I was scared and I didn't really know how to handle it, so if you misquoted me, I just wouldn't talk to you anymore, and if you came up in a group around my locker, I wouldn't talk to anybody, which made the whole joint mad.'' When Maris joined the...

Maris will never be voted into the Hall of Fame, but Roger Maris won an honor that only 24 other baseball players have received. In 1961, Maris was voted the Male Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press. The award was instituted in 1931, the same...

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When I joined the Minnesota Vikings as a rookie for their inaugural season in 1961, major league baseball was the national pastime. The public paid a lot more attention that year to Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle chasing Babe Ruth's single-season home...

When I joined the Minnesota Vikings as a rookie for their inaugural season in 1961, major league baseball was the national pastime. The public paid a lot more attention that year to Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle chasing Babe Ruth's single-season home...

WBCA Play 4Kay Breast Cancer Awareness North Dakota State head coach Carolyn DeHoff will donate $1 for every fan in attendance for the WBCA Play4Kay breast cancer awareness game on Saturday, Feb. 4, to the Sanford Health Roger Maris Cancer Center ... ...

Strasberg stood in front of a handful of students and more than a dozen aging baseball fans describing his fondest memories. He threw his hands about demonstrably in a gray long sleeve shirt with ‘Roger Maris Celebrity Golf’ across his chest. He was in...

Pirates threatened in the bottom of the eighth, cutting the Yankees' lead to one run and leaving the tying runner 90 feet from home. On the other hand the 1967 Cardinals never figured out Jim Lonborg: They connected for just three hits and never were in...

Met Stadium was expanded on the fly that first season, and a full house in June was announced at 30,940. Pascual had us howling from the top of the first. With one out and one on, he struck out Roger Maris swinging and Mickey Mantle looking. There's a...

Kemp and Fielder could reach the legendary level of Willie Mays and Willie McCovey in San Francisco, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle in the Bronx. (Babe and the Iron Horse are respectfully out of reach.) Keep in mind, Fielder is four months removed from...

Even in mowing the yard, I would pretend to hit the ball and run around the bases. Baseball was something I enjoyed playing and watching. Of course I had my favorite team and players: the Yankees with Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, the Moose, Bobby...