It's warm up time. The games are slowly creeping up on Yankee Holman Slugger Roger Maris.

Maris hit number 57 yesterday against the Tigers in his bid to top they've proved smart of 60.

But Maris is only four games to tie or break the record number under the

134 games schedule set down by Baseball Commissioner for the fret.

The Yankees play a single game in Detroit today, then move on to Baltimore, four or three

game series.

Team-made Mickey Mattle has 53 hummers and needs seven to tie, and eight to break the

1927 record that has lasted so long.

20 years ago today a young batter stepped to the play that's at St. Louis rather and sacked

the double for his first Major League hit. And Pittsburgh today that same player will be honored by players,

fans and national league officials before the card

pirate game.

Stan Musial, now 40 years old, will be observing his 20th season in the major leagues.

Musial has been getting hits, plenty of them ever since that first double.

He has been National League Bounding Champions seven times and has a lifetime home run mark of 442 second only to the late ballot who hit 511.

The home run chase attracted the most attention of the Yankees were slowly in sync toward another American League

Bennett.

At the weeks and the Yankees on a nine-and-half game, lead over the second-place Detroit.

Cincinnati moved four and a half games ahead of the National League chase and the Reds fact.

Rather racked up five in a row for past week while the second place Los Angeles

Dodgers lost five out of their last eight games to slip behind. The New York

Cincinnati World Series would be the first between the two clubs since 1941

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