I remember being a kid (no aches and pains, could run forever without bothering to warm up) arguing over whether or not Roger Maris’s homerun record of 61 in 1961 should have an asterisk beside it in the record book. The argument, as most sports fans remember, centered on the number of games Maris played vs. the former homerun king, George Herman Ruth, AKA the Babe. Ruth hit 60 homers in 154 games. But it took Maris 162 games to hit 61. At the 154-game mark, Maris only had 59. Plus, in 1961, the number of teams in the American League expanded ...