Sal Durante holds up Roger Maris’ 61st home run ball on the 50th anniversary of the record, in 2011. Getty Images. After catching the ball, Durante met Maris in the Yankees’ locker room at the ...

(Original Caption) 10/1/61-New York, NY- Stadium fans grab for a record-setting home run ball stroked by Yanks' Roger Maris, deep into right-field stands.

Sixty-one years after Roger Maris hit 61 home runs in 1961, Aaron Judge tied him with his 61st blast of his remarkable season Wednesday against the Toronto Blue Jays.

FARGO — Perhaps it’s serendipity that Aaron Judge is making a run at Roger Maris’ American League and New York Yankees team records of 61 home runs in a single season. It was, after all, 61 ...

MLB. "Judge-ment" Day #61 is here! Aaron Judge ties Roger Maris with 61 HRs, 61 years after 1961 MLB. Aaron Judge's 61st Home Run: The story of the fan who didn't catch the $2 million ball Roger ...

New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit his 61st home run Wednesday, tying Roger Maris’ single-season American League home run record set in 1961.. Judge crushed the record-tying home run in ...

TORONTO — When Aaron Judge hit his 60th homer of the season on Sept. 20 to tie Babe Ruth’s magic number, it seemed Judge would match Roger Maris’ No. 61 at any minute.. Instead, it took ...

New Springville resident Sal Durante, who caught Roger Maris' record-breaking 61st homer during the 1961 season, was featured in an HBO Film on the historical sporting event in 2001.

Aaron Judge tied Roger Maris’ American League record of 61 home runs in a season, going deep for the New York Yankees against the Toronto Blue Jays.

"Sal Durante the guy who caught my dad’s 61st home run died last night," Roger Maris Jr. confirmed Friday morning via Twitter, as shared by Ryan Glasspiegel of the New York Post.

The New York Yankees are hosting their bitter rivals, the Boston Red Sox, in the Bronx for the second game of their four-game home series, but for once, the rivalry takes a back seat as Aaron ...