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Fifty years have passed and others have since broken the season home run record. To the families of Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle, Maris' 61 in 1961 remains the legitimate number.
Fifty years later, Sal Durante was back at Yankee Stadium _ the new one _ and thought about the afternoon that made him a little bit famous.
Fifty years later, Sal Durante was back at Yankee Stadium _ the new one _ and thought about the afternoon that made him a little bit famous.
"Even though I knew there was a shot at 61 home runs, I always wanted to catch a baseball, so that was my main objective to get to the game and to try to catch a baseball," Durante said.
"Phil Rizzuto comes out of the booth," Durante said, speaking of the Hall of Fame shortstop and Yankees broadcaster.
