1961 - New York Yankees

1961 is just about 50 years ago from today. A mouth worthy event of that time is when the New York Yankees won the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds . But the real battle was between two yankee teamates, Micky Mantle and Roger Maris. They were fighting for The American League Homerun title. Roger Maris was able to hit a whopping of 61 homeruns beating Micky Mantle and even breaking Babe Ruths 34 year old major league baseball record. Come to think of it baseball has really changed since then. All sports have. Instead of playing for pride and a love of the sport , fame and money including the pressure to be most successful have corrupted must of its athletes.