Who's the single-season home run champ?

[greasywheels121]

I love the results this is getting on ESPN.com...

 

[qwerty]

Babe ruth for me.

[AddisonStSox]

I voted Maris.

 

...or maybe that's just me. I consider jucing to be cheating, thus negating all records.

[Goober]

i voted bonds. 73>70>66>61

[greasywheels121]

Babe ruth for me.

 

Explain.

[Soxbadger]

Have a feeling it involves an asterisk.

 

 

SB

[CanOfCorn]

I say, who cares? With all the juicing, the number doesn't matter anymore. Career matters more. There may be juicing, but it also implies health and batting eye. No matter how much juicing Bonds did in his career, that only makes some of fly balls homers.

 

Anyone can have a fluke season or three (I'm talking to you Sammy or Brady Anderson when he hit 50), but over the span of a 20 year career, that's impressive. If homers were all about juicing, McGwire would've passed Aaron first.

[bjm676]

Why is Sosa even a choice?

[Soxbadger]

If you believe that Mac and Bonds used steriods, and believe that Sosa did not, then Sosa would have the highest legitimate single season home run total.

 

Takes a lot of imagination to believe it.

 

SB

[ZoomSlowik]

Babe ruth for me.

 

Agreed. The guy was hungover half the time, and it still took 3 guys on the juice 70 years later to hit 60 homeruns faster than he did. I'm not a fan of praising Maris, he got an extra 10 games to try to break the record in.

[rangercal]

Babe ruth for me.

 

Maybe your saying marris cheated? Single season Ruth fell 1 short.

[qwerty]

Agreed. The guy was hungover half the time, and it still took 3 guys on the juice 70 years later to hit 60 homeruns faster than he did. I'm not a fan of praising Maris, he got an extra 10 games to try to break the record in.

 

Exactly my reason.

 

To rangercal~~~ why the f*** would i think maris cheated?

[The Critic]

Why is Sosa even a choice? 

Cuz he's America's Sweetheart, of course!!!

[Rex Hudler]

Agreed. The guy was hungover half the time, and it still took 3 guys on the juice 70 years later to hit 60 homeruns faster than he did. I'm not a fan of praising Maris, he got an extra 10 games to try to break the record in.

 

Not really. Technically Maris had 7 more games to hit his 61. However, Maris played in only 156 games where Babe played in 151 in 1927.

 

Babe had 705 total plate appearances and Maris had just 698, so in reality Babe got more chances.

[qwerty]

Not really.  Technically Maris had 7 more games to hit his 61.  However, Maris played in only 156 games where Babe played in 151 in 1927.

 

Babe had 705 total plate appearances and Maris had just 698, so in reality Babe got more chances.

 

Maris did play in 161 games in 1961 the year he broke the record. Ruth never had 705 plate apperances in his career.

Edited February 11, 2005 by qwerty

[AddisonStSox]

Not really.  Technically Maris had 7 more games to hit his 61.  However, Maris played in only 156 games where Babe played in 151 in 1927.

 

Babe had 705 total plate appearances and Maris had just 698, so in reality Babe got more chances.

 

Put that in your pipe and smoke it qwert.

[rangercal]

Exactly my reason.

 

To rangercal~~~ why the f*** would i think maris cheated?

hey motherf***er , that is what I got from your ruth comment. Sorry I was wrong. Obviously this poll was made because of all the alleged cheating. I could not think of any other reason you would not pick marris. I forgot about the more games played by maris. Its been a while since I watched 61* .

 

 

OT: is that Ichiro suzuki on your avator?

[qwerty]

Put that in your pipe and smoke it qwert.  

 

Not exactly.

[qwerty]

hey motherf***er , that is what I got from your ruth comment. Sorry I was wrong. Obviously this poll was made because of all the alleged cheating. I could not think of any other reason you would not pick marris. I forgot about the more games played by maris. Its been a while since I watched 61* .

OT: is that Ichiro suzuki on your avator?

 

Any reason for the vulgarity? I do not see you sticking around long.

[rangercal]

Any reason for the vulgarity? I do not see you sticking around long.

I guess that makes 2 of us that dropped the F Bomb. I didnt mean anything by asking you if you thought maris cheated?

[qwerty]

I guess that makes 2 of us that dropped the F Bomb. I didnt mean anything by asking you if you thought maris cheated?

 

Did i say f*** towards you? I personally do not care. But rules are rules.

[rangercal]

Did i say f*** towards you? I personally do not care. But rules are rules.

You said f*** when you replied to me. Its obvious how you meant it. Who cares. I honestly mean no harm. Maybe I should leave and not come back. Would that make you happy? Im as die hard of a sox fan as you, or anyone else on this board. maybe I just wont cross your path any more.

[greasywheels121]

You said f*** when you replied to me.  Its obvious how you meant it. Who cares. I honestly mean no harm. Maybe I should leave and not come back. Would that make you happy? Im as die hard of a sox fan as you, or anyone else on this board. maybe I just wont cross your path any more.

 

No reason to start a drama thread here, but there is an ignore feature.

[qwerty]

You said f*** when you replied to me.  Its obvious how you meant it. Who cares. I honestly mean no harm. Maybe I should leave and not come back. Would that make you happy? Im as die hard of a sox fan as you, or anyone else on this board. maybe I just wont cross your path any more.

 

No, i don't think anyone would agere with you that i meant it towards you. Like greasy said there always is the ignore feature.

Edited February 11, 2005 by qwerty

[rangercal]

No, i don't think anyone would agere with you that i meant it towards you. Like greasy said there always is the ignore feature.

Sorry