WOW!!! took LeGreca talking about the Dodgers celebrating the 40th anniversary of their 81 championship. I thought that's nothing it's the 60th anniversary of the gab summer of '61. The anticipation of being a junior in high school while in the Bronx my adorable M&M Boys were battling each other for a home run crown and the prestigious 60 home run mark set by Babe Ruth.Sadly the season ended early at 54 jacks for the Mick as a hip infection put him in the hospital for most of September . In an nationally televised game with Howard Cosell making the call Roger put #61 in the right field seats - I went ballistic. (never understood how some Yankee fans were so mean & rotten to him) On a crosscountry train trip in late '90s the train was stopped in Fargo; as the announcement of the temperature of -10 but if you wanted to step off for a few minutes - that's all the encouragment I needed just to say I had been in Roger's home town.Of course, the season ended with #19 in the record books - 4 games to 1 over Cincy. A couple of those players are still around like Bobby Richardson and Tony Kubek.
