History YMMV / SixtyOne

* HarsherInHindsight: The Mark [=McGwire=] BookEnds with him passing Maris in 1998, since Big Mac has admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs in his career; Sammy Sosa (who also surpassed Maris's 61 that year) and current record-holder Barry Bonds also have evidence against them that they used [=PEDs=] as well, though neither has admitted to it.

* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: Tabloid/yellow journalists and their penchant towards unethical sensationalism over factual coverage. Artie Green in particular is a slimy, pretentious asshat who salivates at any chance to tarnish Roger Maris' public reputation -- always by deliberately misconstruing Maris' words during interviews, twisting them, and churning out bottom feeder articles that paint the humble, unassuming man in a terrible light.

* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: Tabloid/yellow journalists and their penchant towards unethical sensationalism over factual coverage. Artie Green in particular is a slimy, pretentious asshat who salivates at every chance to churn out bottom feeder articles aimed at villainizing the humble, unassuming Roger Maris in the public's eye -- always by deliberately twisting the man's words, taking them out-of-context and painting him in the worst light.

* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: Tabloid/yellow journalists and their penchant towards unethical sensationalism over factual coverage. Artie Green in particular is a pretentious, smarmy asshat who salivates at every chance to churn out bottom feeder articles aimed at villainizing the humble, unassuming Roger Maris in the public's eye -- always by deliberately twisting the man's words, taking them out-of-context and painting him in the worst light.

* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: Tabloid/yellow journalists and their penchant towards unethical sensationalism over factual coverage. Artie Green in particular is a pretentious, smarmy asshat who salivates at every chance to churn out bottom feeder articles aimed at villainizing the humble, unassuming Roger Maris in the public's eye, always by deliberately twisting the man's words, taking them out-of-context and painting him in the worst light.

* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: Tabloid/yellow journalists and their penchant towards unethical sensationalism over factual coverage. Artie Green in particular is a pretentious, smarmy asshat who salivates at every chance to churn out bottom feeder articles that villainize Roger in the public's eye, always by deliberately taking the humble, unassuming man's words out-of-context and painting him in the worst light.

* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: Tabloid journalists and their penchant towards unethical sensationalism over factual coverage. Artie Green in particular is a pretentious, smarmy asshat who salivates at every chance to churn out bottom feeder articles that villainize Roger in the public's eye, always by deliberately taking the humble, unassuming man's words out-of-context and painting him in the worst light.

* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: Tabloid journalists and their penchant towards unethical sensationalism over factual coverage. Artie Green in particular is a pretentious, smarmy asshat who salivates at every chance to churn out bottom feeder articles that villainize Roger in the public's eye, always by deliberately taking the humble, unassuming man's words out-of-context.

* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: Tabloid journalists and their penchant towards unethical sensationalism over factual coverage. Artie Green in particular is a pretentious, smarmy asshat who salivates at every chance to churn out bottom feeder articles that villainize Roger in the public's eye, always by deliberately taking his words out-of-context.

* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: Tabloid journalists and their penchant towards unethical sensationalism over factual coverage. Artie Green in particular is a pretentious, smarmy asshat who salivates at every chance to churn out bottom feeder articles that villainize Roger in the public's eye, always by deliberately taking his words taken out-of-context.

* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: Tabloid journalists and their penchant towards unethical sensationalism over factual coverage. Artie Green in particular is a pretentious, smarmy asshat who lowkey salivates at any chance to smear Roger's name in the public perception by writing articles that paint the man in a horrible light through words taken out-of-context, all done in bad faith.

* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: Tabloid journalists and their penchant towards unethical sensationalism over factual coverage. Artie Green in particular is a pretentious, smarmy asshat who lowkey salivates at any chance to smear Roger's name in the public perception by taking the man's words out-of-context and writing articles that paint him in a horrible light, all done in bad faith.

* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: Tabloid journalists. Artie Green in particular is shown to be a smarmy, sensationalist asshat who seems to lowkey salivate at any chance to smear Roger's name in the public perception by taking the man's words out-of-context and writing articles that paint him in a horrible light, all done in bad faith.

* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: Tabloid journalists. Artie Green in particular is shown to be a smarmy, pretentious asshat who seems to lowkey salivate at any chance to smear Roger's name in the public perception by taking the man's words out-of-context and painting him as a horrible person in his sensationalist articles, all written in bad faith.

* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: Tabloid journalists. Artie Green in particular is shown to be a smarmy, pretentious asshat who seems to lowkey salivate at any chance to smear Roger's name in the public reputation by taking the man's words out-of-context and painting him as a horrible person in his sensationalist articles, all written in bad faith.

* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: Tabloid journalists. Artie Green in particular is shown to be a smarmy, pretentious asshat who seems to lowkey salivate at any chance to bring Roger's name down to the public perception with his taken out-of-context articles, all written in bad faith.

* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: Sports journalists. Specifically, the sensationalist mongering types. Artie Green in particular is shown to be a smarmy, pretentious asshat who seems to lowkey salivate at any chance to bring Roger's name down to the public perception with his taken out-of-context articles, all written in bad faith.

* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: Sports journalists. Specifically, the sensationalist mongering types. Artie Green in particular is shown to a smarmy, pretentious asshat who seems to lowkey salivate at any chance to bring Roger's name down to the public perception with his taken out-of-context articles, all written in bad faith.

* HarsherInHindsight: The Mark [=McGwire=] BookEnds with him passing Maris in 1998, since Big Mac has admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs in his career; Sammy Sosa (who also surpassed Maris's 61 that year) and current record-holder Barry Bonds also have evidence against them that they used [=PEDs=], though neither has admitted to it.
* {{Padding}}: One of the few criticisms of an otherwise highly regarded film is that the film is a bit on the long side and could've used some trims, notably a few less scenes of Maris vs. the press after the point had been made, a fabricated scene of an angry fan trying to assault Maris (which didn't happen and doesn't advance the plot), and an especially {{Narm}}-y scene of a contemplative Maris holed up in his hotel room while a Lyle Lovett song on the soundtrack heavily underlines Maris's feelings that had already been hammered home by that point. To put this in perspective, Maris & Mantle are already at 40 home runs apiece about twenty minutes into the movie and the film still has nearly two hours left to go.

* HarsherInHindsight: The Mark [=McGwire=] book-ends with him passing Maris in 1998, since Big Mac has admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs in his career; Sammy Sosa (who also surpassed Maris's 61 that year) and current record-holder Barry Bonds also have evidence against them that they used [=PEDs=], though neither has admitted to it.

* {{Padding}}: One of the few criticisms of an otherwise highly regarded film is that the film is a bit on the long side and could've used some trims, notably a few less Maris vs. the press scenes after the point had been made, a fabricated scene of an angry fan trying to assault Maris (which didn't happen and doesn't advance the plot), and an especially {{Narm}}-y scene of a contemplative Maris holed up in his hotel room while a Lyle Lovett song on the soundtrack heavily underlines Maris's feelings that had already been hammered home by that point. To put this in perspective, Maris & Mantle are already at 40 home runs apiece about twenty minutes into the movie and the film still has nearly two hours left to go.

* {{Padding}}: One of the few criticisms of an otherwise highly regarded film is that the film is a bit on the long side and could've used some trims, notably a few less Maris vs. the press scenes after the point had been made, a fabricated scene of an angry fan trying to assault Maris (which didn't happen and doesn't advance the plot), and an especially {{Narm}}-y scene of a contemplative Maris holed up in his hotel room while a Lyle Lovett song on the soundtrack heavily underlines Maris's feelings that had already been hammered home by that point. To put this in perspective, Maris & Mantle are already at 40 home runs apiece about twenty minutes into the movie and the film still has nearly two hours left to go.

* HarsherInHindsight: The Mark [=McGwire=] book ends with him passing Maris in 1998, since Big Mac has admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs in his career; Sammy Sosa (who also surpassed Maris's 61 that year) and current record-holder Barry Bonds also have evidence against them that they used [=PEDs=], though neither has admitted to it.

* {{Padding}}: One of the few criticisms of an otherwise highly regarded film is that the film is a bit on the long side and could've used some trims, notably a few less Maris vs. the press scenes after the point had been made, a fabricated scene of an angry fan trying to assault Maris (which didn't happen and doesn't advance the plot), and an especially {{Narm}}-y scene of Maris holed up in a contemplative mood in his hotel room while a Lyle Lovett song on the soundtrack heavily underlines Maris's feelings that had already been hammered home by that point. To put this in perspective, Maris & Mantle are already at 40 home runs apiece about twenty minutes into the movie and the film still has nearly two hours left to go.

* {{Padding}}: One of the few criticisms of an otherwise highly regarded film is that the film is a bit on the long side and could've used some trims, notably a few less Maris vs. the press scenes after the point had been made, a fabricated scene of an angry fan trying to assault Maris (which didn't happen and doesn't advance the plot), and an especially {{Narm}}-y scene of Maris holed up in a contemplative mood in his hotel room while a Lyle Lovett song on the soundtrack heavily underlines Maris's feelings.

* HarsherInHindsight: The Mark [=McGwire=] book ends with him passing Maris in 1998, since Big Mac has admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs in his career; Sammy Sosa (who also surpassed Maris's 61 that year) and current record-holder Barry Bonds also have evidence against them that they used [=PEDs=], though neither has admitted to it.