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History Repeats ItselfThe story begins in 1927 When Babe Ruth hits 60 homeruns in a single season. This number at the time was an terrible number, one that they said would never be broken. This wasnt just a record setting moment, it was a moment that brought attention and focus on baseball Americas favorite pastime. This number stood for thirty three years and was never to be beat, this was until a young New York Yankee from Fargo named Roger Maris came into the picture.In 1961 aft(prenominal) battling with Teammate Mickey Mantle put on a battle array battling for Ruths record. Mantle fell short due to speck only when Roger went on to beat this record by hitting an terrible 61 homeruns. Baseball fans everywhere were shocked and could only wonder, will this be broke too, who will do it, and when? Baseball fans around the world would fork out to wait another 37 years to find this out except non the less they doThe year is now 1998 and Im 13 years old sitting in front of my tel evision watch a man named Marc McQwire try to beat a record that at the time I did not know much about. On phratry 8th 1998 Marc beat Maris 37 year old record by hitting 62 homeruns, then on his way to a 70 homerun season. This was a sad day for the Maris family to see the late Roger Maris record shattered, but for baseball this brought about a second coming. Baseball had been struggling by and by the strike so this brought people back to the game, just to get a glimpse at history.Today McQwires record isnt even rest it was beating 3 years after he had set it.