i be 14 and live in brooklyn during the baseball season of 1961. we be still a borough in mourn at the loss of our beloved dodger in 1958 and even their rival the giant from manhattan . for four season and 1961 be to be the last of them the yankee have the exclusive attention of the new york baseball fan . another of those fan at the time be billy crystal who grow up to be a comedian of some note and on the 40th anniversary of that season and the home run chase for babe ruth seasonal record of 60 home run and seek to bring back that season and what it mean to be a yankee and a yankee fan that year . barry pepper and thomas jayne play roger mari and mickey mantle who go on a dual chase that year for that most sacred of all record . sacred because it have be set by a man who revolutionize the game itself and be one of the most colorful sport personality that america ever produce . it be so held sacred that former sportswriter ford frick who be baseball commissioner at the time and former babe ruth ghostwriter decree that it could only be break in the first 154 game and that if it be break in the new 162 game schedule and separate record note with the asterisk would be in the book . the yankee themselves be on fire that season . they be not just about mantle and mari . the middle infield combination of bobby richardson and tony kubek seem to be turn double play on an almost alarming routine basis and become the best at what they do . elston howard in his first year a the regular catcher hit for the high average on the team and . 348 and contend for the batting title . whitey ford who previous manager casey stengel would not give rotation start to and be put in a set pitch rotation by ralph houk and respond with his career season of 25 and 4. he also do his assault on babe ruth by break his pitching record of 29 2/3 scoreless inning in the world series against cincinnati that year . a for home run and the team itself set a record of 240 season home run for a team . everybody pitch in that year to win the pennant and blow cincinnati out in five game in the world series . but the story be mantle and mari who despite rumor fuel by sportswriter look for or to create a good story and mickey and roger actually share living quarter in queen with teammate bob cerv . by the way if there be villain in this film it the writer . they be really show a one scurvy lot . i think that if mickey and roger saw the film and they would just groove on the way they be portray . although both guy be from red state middle america and they be as opposite a you can get . mantle be quite the hedonist back in the day and crystal doesn not flinch in show him that way . mari on the other hand be a family man first and foremost . he be also very conscious of the fact that mantle be there in new york first and fan want him to be the record breaker . watch 61 be certainly relive a lot of my 14th year over again . the yankee be awesome that year and like i have never see them before or since and not even the recent team with joe torre a manager . 61 now rank a one of the great baseball film ever . no summer like that summer of 61 .