2007-02-15 01:37:03 · 14 answers · asked by popular_bond 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
1961 New York Yankees. Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris chasing Babe Ruth's single season home run record of 60. Maris broke the record hitting 61 while Mantle was injured and didn't play during the last two weeks of the season.
It was an incredible season. I was just a kid but that season is as clear to me now as it was all those years ago.
2007-02-15 06:47:20 · answer #1 · answered by Yankee Dude 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Up until the steroid scandal came to light I would of said McGwire and Sosa, it completely captivated the nation and brought baseball back after the strike. But I can no longer look at that record the same. So I would have to say the chase for the same record between Mantle and Maris, just the fact that they were teammates is amazing. You don't ever see two guys on the same team with that kind of power now, imagine watching those guys back in the 60's! I'm sure it must have been amazing.
2007-02-15 09:49:52 · answer #2 · answered by real illuminati(Matt) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This wasn't to beat a record but the most memorable at-bat I can remember was Roger Clemens vs. Barry Bonds. The only time in history a 300 game winner faced off against a player with 600 home runs
2007-02-15 09:41:45 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Hole In One 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a few favorite battles between two players:
Don Mattingly and Dave Winfield for the batting title in 1984.
Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris for the home run race in 1961.
Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton battling to become the all time leader in strikeouts from 1982-1984. That is my favorite battle among pitchers.
2007-02-15 15:09:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was the battle between McGuire and Sosa in 1998 Maris and Mantle in 1961 and Ripken in 1995 to break Lou Gehrig's record at 2131 games in a row
2007-02-15 10:20:28 · answer #5 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1985 Batting Title between Don Mattingly and Dave Winfield.
Mattingly became the Yankees' full time first baseman, and an MVP candidate. He hit .343 and beat out teammate Dave Winfield in a close race for the American League batting title with a 4-for-5 game on the last day of the season. Mattingly led the league with 207 hits. He also developed a power stroke, slugging a league-leading 44 doubles to go with 23 home runs and 110 RBI.
2007-02-15 10:01:49 · answer #6 · answered by Oz 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle to beat the record of 60 home runs.
2007-02-15 09:42:46 · answer #7 · answered by red4tribe 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To me it has to be the Sosa-McGwire Home-Run race in 98,But when Vince Coleman was stealing all those bases in a row that was exciting also.I also remember Reggie Smith chasing the Most HR's in a year for the Cardinals record,man I'm getting old.
2007-02-15 09:43:16 · answer #8 · answered by Ricky Lee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The 1961 season between Maris and Mantle without a doubt caught the nation's attention....similar to Soza and McGwire...that is dimished now by the steriods disclosure........one big point to "Mr Clutch".....the 1986 race between Boggs and Mattingly was won by Boogs by him "backing" into it!!!.......he sat out the last 5-6 games claiming a "slight" groin pull.....during that same time Randy White of the Cowboys was playing "football" with the same injury.....the added the first 6 games of the next season to Boggs totals and he would have lost the title.....he backed into 2 of his "batting titles" by sitting out games at the end of the season......Ted Williams even pointed it out......Ted could have sat out his last 2 games to finish at 400.....he went out like the "MAN" he was and finished at 406!!!......Boggs was never a Yankee in my books.....I would have knocked him of the horse if I had been there!!!
2007-02-16 11:29:24 · answer #9 · answered by Mickey Mantle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1986 Batting title crown between Don Mattingly and Wade Boggs that came down to that last final season game at Fenway Park.
Mattingly hit .352 and Boggs hit .357.
2007-02-15 11:55:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋