Yankees right fielder, Roger Maris, drew lots of attention when he, along with teammate Mickey Mantle, mounted an assault on the venerable Babe Ruth‘s record of 60 home runs in a season in 1961.
History tells us, of course, that Maris made the grade and that Mantle went by the wayside, finishing the season with 54 home runs amid a rash of injuries that sidelined him even for most of the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds.
And by now, We’ve all the heard the stories about Maris feeling the mounting stress that caused a good portion of his hair to, literally, fall off his head.