Sons Think Maris Should Have Home Run Record
Oct 31, 2014 11:49 AM
With steroid allegations surrounding Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds, the sons of the late Roger Maris believe their father should hold baseball's single-season home run record.
"I think there needs to be a distinction," Randy Maris said. "Obviously, unfortunately I think major league baseball turned an eye to that era."
Randy and Roger Maris Jr. were at Yankee Stadium on Saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Roger Maris' 61st home run, which he hit on Oct. 1, 1961.
Randy Maris believes baseball needs to make note of the fact that Bonds, McGwire and Sosa have been linked to steroids.
"We appreciate everything Mark (McGwire) did ... with respecting my dad and stuff like that. But it's got to be noted," Maris said.
"If you look at, since they started drug testing, where are the numbers now? It just hasn't been there. So there's definitely, there's got to be some kind of distinction you can do."
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