At Yankee Stadium on Oct. 1, 1961, Mr. Durante, a 19-year-old truck driver, stood on his seat in right field and nabbed Roger Maris’s 61st home run one-handed.
Category: Records and Achievements
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Sal Durante, Who Caught a Bit of Baseball History, Dies at 81
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The U.S. World Cup Team Is Notably Diverse, but the Pipeline Needs Help
The New York Times – Sports:In some ways, things haven’t changed much in American soccer.
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Farewell to the Horse Who May Have Been America’s Oldest Thoroughbred
The New York Times – Sports:Rush may have been the longest-lived thoroughbred in American history when he died at 39. For three decades, his owner said, “He would fight for me and I would fight for him.”
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In a ‘Sea Change,’ Women of the Philharmonic Now Outnumber the Men
The New York Times – Music:The New York Philharmonic, which was an all-male bastion for most of its 180 years of existence, currently has 45 women and 44 men.
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Aaron Judge of Yankees Beats Shohei Ohtani for AL MVP Award
The New York Times – Sports:Judge, a slugging outfielder for the Yankees, swatted 62 home runs and beat out Shohei Ohtani, the Angels’ two-way superstar, for the American League’s top honor.