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Ruth ... Maris ... Aaron ... Bonds: Ironies of baseball records

By Carrie Saldo

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Pittsfield, MA – In 1961, former Life magazine reporter, Joe Bride chronicled Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle's pursuit of Babe Ruth's single-season homerun record. Bride is speaking in Pittsfield, Massachusetts tonight about the ironies of baseball records. WAMC's Berkshire Bureau Chief, Carrie Saldo, spoke with Bride about his reporting on that record and the most recent baseball record set by slugger Barry Bonds;