60 is even better than 61.
Ford Frick decided when Roger Maris' record of 61 HR's was marked by an ' * ' .
The tragedy at the time was that the MLB itself did not publish its own record book, so it wasn't until they did in fact get control of that some time after 1961 that the distinction was erased and Maris was listed as the recordholder. I believe there's a story out there that Frick was a personal friend of Ruth and invented the distinction (which was unofficial) on behalf of his late friend.
So wait, they didn't have a Super Guide???
1) Ford Frick was indeed a friend of Ruth. He even did some ghostwriting for Ruth when Ruth "wrote" some newspaper columns about baseball. Frick was a former reporter himself.
2) Frick advocated not for an asterisk, but for two seperate records instead. One for a 154 game season (which was up until 1960), and one for a 162-game season.
The last time a "There are..." thread was posted was 2 days ago, on Saturday.
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/there-are-422
That thread said that there were 63 days (or 9 weeks) until we once again had Michigan Football.
So now 63-2=60?
hmmmm.....
Good God, Woodson can't get here soon enough...
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Hard to believe we'll be in the 50s tomorrow.
Here's one that doesn't need a correction or asterisk. Joey Chestnut set the new hot dog eating record - 70 dogs in 10 minutes. Good God!
