Baseball is a game of history. The importance of the historical context of individual and team acheivements is what sets baseball apart from other sports. So let's look at some history:
In 1961, Roger Maris hit 61 home runs in a single season.
From 1962 to 1994, only three times did a player hit 50 or more home runs in a season: Willie Mays in 1965, George Foster in 1977 and Cecil Fielder in 1990.
From 1995 to 2002, at least one major league player hit 50 home runs or more in each season during that period. Four times during that those eight seasons a player hit 60 or more and twice a player hit 70 or more. Hmmm... isn't that odd?
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