Comments on: Are you a baseball fan who believes (like me) that, Babe Ruth still holds the single season home run record?

By: kcroyals15

kcroyals15 — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:01:28 +0000

I think Sosa didn’t use roids, so i guess that he would be hit, having hit 66 in ‘98, although Pujols is on pace to get about 62-63 homers so HE might be the one, but I don’t want Pujols to break 60.

By: bill k

bill k — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:01:28 +0000

I cannot believe that there is anybody alive that has not come to peace with the fact that Roger Maris holds the record for most homers in a season. You can state that the Babe holds the record in the 154 game season. That can never be taken away from him.

And lifetimehomers? A mister Aaron beat him, at the very least.

It is time to get with the program.

By: SJT999

SJT999 — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:01:28 +0000

Why wouldn’t you consider Roger Maris the single season home run record holder? Is it because he played 8 more games than him? You have to remember that the short right field fence has benifited every great lefty power hitter that has worn pinstripes.

By: tweety

tweety — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:01:28 +0000

Commissioner Ford Frick was a personal friend of Babe Ruth’s , which is why he put the 162 game notation next to Maris’ record.

What does the record book say? Most home runs - Season.

Maris broke Ruth’s record.
McGwire broke Maris’ record.
Bonds broke McGwire’s record.

btw, Maris’ record stood for 37 years, and was never challenged…. Ruth’s record stood for 34 years, and was challenged many times.

If baseball didn’t like players using steroids, then it should have banned those players. But they let it go.

It’s stupid to worry about this. Hitting 61 home runs in 1961 doesn’t mean that Roger Maris was a better baseball player than Babe Ruth.

Why was Hank Aaron recognized as the all time HR king, when he played more games and had 3,000 more at bats than Ruth when he hit his 715th?

Why does the NFL still use 1,000 rushing yards as a standard of excellence? In a 16 game season, that’s less than 70 yards a game. Who the hell couldn’t do that?

Why should Emmit Smith be recognized as the all time NFL rushing leader when he played 226 games as opposed to Jim Brown, who played 118 games? After 118 games, Smith trailed Brown by something like 1,600 yards.

Babe Ruth was the greatest player in MLB history. It just so happens that he no longer holds the record for most home runs hit in a season.

By: Nick Gianatasio

Nick Gianatasio — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:01:28 +0000

What about Bonds? He was never tested positive, and Im sure they tested him every day during those last few years. Don’t say he just exploded into what he became. He grew over the course of a 20 year career. As far as I’m concerned if you get tested that much and never get tested positive there is no way you could have done steroids.