Every day I went to the ballpark in Yankee Stadium as well as on the road people were on my back. The last six years in the American League were mental hell for me. I was drained of all my desire to play baseball.

Maris hit a Major League record 61 home runs during the 1961 season for the New York Yankees breaking Babe Ruth's single-season record of 60 home runs in 1927. His accomplishment of 61 home runs in a season came back to the forefront in 1998 when the home run record was broken by two players from the National League Mark McGwire (70) and Sammy Sosa (66). He appeared in seven World Series five as a member of the Yankees and two with the St.