excellent and excellent work of billy crystal a the director of this tv film and which bring me back to the 50 60 when i be still a child . ny yankee have always be one of the best and most persistent team in any sport during the 20th century and the present 21st one . this film give you the story of the feat do by the outfielder roger mari when in 1961 he break the former record of 60 homer do by babe ruth in 1927. it be true that when ruth play each team play 154 game while in 1961 there be already 162 and but the fact be that in any league or championship it be a real feat to bat 61 homer and and this be what mari do . the film be able to draw well the figure of mickey mantle and roger mari . the first one be the most beloved yankee player at that time while mari come to the team just in 1960 and so he be not so admired a mickey . it certainly give an idea of modesty by rogers and chaotic life by mickey at night and the friendship between them and and the way they play . the story be nearly exact and still in baltimore and mari have to face powerful pitcher hoyt wilhelm and whom he could not bat properly and so he fail to tie the ruth record in his 154th game . the pressure during the last game be against his will to break the record and something that he achieve in his last game against the red sox . fan in new york look to be a fan from rome in soccer and nearly always senseless and without give the appropriate recognition to whom deserve it .