[DJ Frisat]

Haven’t seen 61, but it sounds interesting. That era is when I really followed baseball, and there are a lot of very strong ( and fond) memories associated with it.

[MD Expat in PA]

61* was very a very good movie. It shows the tough time Maris, a rather shy and unassuming guy who only wanted to play ball, went through in dealing with the press and the Yankee fans who were not very kind to him and in some ways very hostile to him, seeing Mantle as the heir apparent to Ruth’s record.

It also pretty honestly depicted Mantle and his struggles with alcohol and serial partying and womanizing, something the straight laced Maris didn’t go for although they were friends. But it doesn’t make Mantle out to be a “bad” guy either.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1po8PgfJU_Q

[IrishBrigade]

Haven’t seen 61, but it sounds interesting. That era is when I really followed baseball, and there are a lot of very strong ( and fond) memories associated with it.

late fifties, early sixties...great baseball period...the first Series I remember well was Yankees/Braves ‘58; still have nightmares about the Braves blowing it...