Today In 1961: New York #Yankees slugger Roger Maris ties Babe Ruth with his 60th HR of the season vs. the Baltimore #Orioles at Yankee Stadium! Classic call by Mel Allen! #MLB #Legend #Baseball #History #RepBX | Baseball by BSmile

Postseason Highlights: 1961 World Series

48K views · 1.9K reactions | New York #Yankees slugger Roger Maris hits HR #61 of the 1961 season vs. Boston Red Sox pitcher Tracy Stallard at Yankee Stadium to break Babe Ruth's single-season HR record! Phil Rizzuto with the classic call! #MLB #Baseball #History #RepBX | Baseball by BSmile | Facebook

⚾️On October 9, 1961 with the help of a pair of 5-run innings at Crosley FIELD, the Yankees win the World Series, beating the Reds in Game 5, 13-5. Johnny Blanchard, a Yankees reserve player who will collect 10 hits in 29 at-bats in 5 Fall Classics, hits 2 home runs and bats .400 en route to the Bronx Bombers' 19th World Championship. The MVP Award for the series went to Yankees lefty Whitey Ford, who won 2 games while throwing 14 shutout innings. This was the final World Series game ever played

Today In 1961: The New York #Yankees win the World Series, defeating the Cincinnati #Reds in five games! #MLB #Baseball #Postseason | Baseball by BSmile

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