Roger Maris

Yes, I did an artpad on a Yankee. But you know what? I like Roger Maris, he's one of my favorites, Yankee or not. The guy was treated pretty shitty in 1961 when he was going for 61 homeruns. There was a bit of a race between him and Mickey Mantle, but as the year went on, it was up to Maris to do it. Well the Yankee fans, they didn't take too kindly that he was to be the one to do it, getting death threats and getting shit thrown at him. He was a good guy just caught up in a bunch of publicity, which just wasn't really his style. What's really a shame is that his record was put in an asterisk up until his death in 1985, and was only removed posthumously.