I never wanted all this hoopla. All I wanted was to be a good ball player and hit … - Roger Maris

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Roger Maris

I never wanted all this hoopla. All I wanted was to be a good ball player and hit twenty-five or thirty homers, drive in a hundred runs, hit. 280 and help my club win pennants. I just wanted to be one of the guys, an average player having a good season.

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Maybe I'm not a great man but I damn well want to break the record.

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I don't want to be Babe Ruth. He was a great ballplayer. I'm not trying to replace him. The record is there and damn right I want to break it, but that isn't replacing Babe Ruth.

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