Roger Maris Jr. has not been shy about expressing his views on MLB’s single-season home run record. On Sunday, he posited an idea for the league to settle the issue of who is the true home run king.
Well, sort of.
Maris said MLB should create a separate record for “PED home runs” in addition to non-PED home runs. The league did something similar when his father broke Babe Ruth’s record in 1961. That was the first season that featured 162 regular season games, up from 154 in previous years. The elder Maris hit his 61st home run on the final day of the season, and his mark was designated with an asterisk at the time by commissioner Ford Frick.
