The Packers in football? There were some lean years in the 80s.
The Lakers, Celtics or Bulls in basketball? Forget about the Bulls--who was there before number 23? The Lakers and the Celtics have had wonderful dynasties, but they are in a sport often deemed inferior to the national pastime. Plus, the current Celtics can't buy a game and the Lakers have turned "Showtime" into "Show me the money."
Hockey? Who cares about a Canadian sport?
But the simple fact of the matter is that the South Bronx is the place to be. Whenever someone hearkens back to the halcyon days of sport, inevitably a Yankee name comes up in the conversation.
While non-Yankee Mark McGwire was chasing the homerun record last summer, Roger Maris' name kept popping up as the Yankee to beat.
Maris was the Yankee that got no respect. The 61-homerun man was not chosen for the Hall of Fame, one of the biggest Cooperstown controversies in history.
The person with the record before Maris? Ruth.
McGwire will be a legend the hard way--by beating two Yankees.
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