:39:02
How about that?
:39:04
Im sorry, Mrs. Maris.
:39:07
I shouldn't have moved my chair.
I jinxed him.
:39:11
He gave it a hell of a shot.
:39:13
The pressure got to him there.
:39:17
You ever play baseball?
:39:20
No, not really.
:39:22
That's what I thought.
:39:34
We just wanna say,
we're proud to be your teammates.
:39:49
Perhaps it may sound corny...
:39:51
...but my biggest sports thrill of 1961 was
seeing Maris hit a weak squib to Wilhelm.
:39:57
Maris' failure to break Babe Ruth's record
evokes no great regret here.
:40:02
If the record is to be broken...
:40:04
...it should be done by someone
of greater baseball stature...
:40:07
...greater color and public appeal.
:40:09
Maris is no more than a good
big league ball player.
:40:12
He's colorless, he's never hit.300,
and is often surly.
:40:16
There just isn't anything
deeply heroic about the man.
:40:20
Is there something to be said...
:40:21
...about fate
on this gloomy night in Baltimore?
:40:25
Did that last knuckle ball
flutter just past the sweet spot?
:40:29
Did the spirit of Babe Ruth
stir those gusting winds?
:40:34
Or was Roger Maris denied...
:40:36
...because he just wasn't what we wanted?
:40:41
Maybe some records
aren't made to be broken.
:40:49
This is the man, so bring him out.
:40:54
Around here, guys!
:40:58
Congratulations. Great season.