:38:01
- Cut!
- Maybe we oughta take a break.
:38:06
How about that?
:38:08
Im gonna call out
Mickey Mantle and Roger Marisl
:38:12
There's Daddy!
:38:18
Maris has 35, Mantle's got 32,
we're only in mid-July...
:38:21
...they've still got 75 games left.
:38:23
For Pete's sake, Artie!
:38:25
Every year,
somebody has a few good months...
:38:27
...and everyone thinks they'll hit 60.
:38:29
All right? Greenberg had 58
with a week left in the season.
:38:33
He fell under pressure...
:38:34
It wasn't that. They didn't give him
anything to hit 'cause he was a Jew.
:38:37
That's nonsense.
:38:39
Come on, they always cool off.
You know what?
:38:41
Im gonna bet you $100
neither one of them hits 50.
:38:44
And Maris'll probably crap out at 45.
:38:46
You're on! Put it down, 45.
:38:50
Fellas!
:38:52
Let's remember why I called this meeting.
:38:55
This is the most respected record
in all of sports.
:38:58
And Im concerned that its integrity...
:39:00
...will be compromised
by this new 162-game season.
:39:05
A lot of you are already writing about this.
Obviously, you're concerned, too.
:39:10
That's right. Ruth hit 17 that September.
:39:13
Baby, what he woulda
done with eight extra games.
:39:16
Yeah, he mighta hit 70.
:39:17
Okay. What if Mantle breaks it
on the last game of the season?
:39:21
Is that fair to the Babe?
:39:23
I think Mantle's got a shot at it
if he stays healthy...
:39:25
...but Maris is in a groove
like I've never seen.
:39:28
Wouldn't that be a story?
:39:29
The crew cut from Fargo
becomes the new Babe Ruth.
:39:32
"Roger, how does it feel
to be new home run king?"
:39:34
"Pretty good, I guess."
:39:39
With all respect to these guys,
and they are great players...
:39:43
...the year that Babe hit 60...
:39:45
...he had more home runs
than every team in the American League.
:39:50
What if they both break it?
That would really tarnish the record.
:39:53
Tarnish, what?
This is a fantastic story, fellas.
:39:57
Two Yankees,
playing in the house that Ruth built...
:39:59
...both going after his record.
Its great for baseball.