don not tamper with my hero . mickey mantle and roger mari be two of the great baseball player of the early 1960s whose accomplishment on the baseball field be now legend and to portray these two great athlete and these two great baseball player and these two great men who become legend in their own time and these icon of american sport history and as little more than spoil and temperamental substance abuser be outrageous . mantle and mari have personal weakness . so what . who care . what count be what they do on the field and in front of the entire world . the year 1961 be one of the great year in the history of baseball . the detroit tiger win 103 game that year yet fail to win the american league pennant by six game because the yankee win 109 game that year . nary a mention be make of that important fact in the movie . what the yankee accomplish that year be legendary and be talk about to this day and can not be ignore when consider what mantle and mari do that year . this movie completely fail to capture the excitement and intense public interest in mantle and maris chase of one of sport most sacred record and far fails to place it within the context of the what be one of the great season in the history of the american league . no mention be make of the incredible pennant race between the detroit tiger and the the new york yankee and a critical piece of information that be essential to well appreciate the circumstance surround the quest to break ruth record . break babe ruth single season record of 60 home run be like break the sound barrier but this movie reduce the event to a hokey and schmaltzy mess and strangely attempt to portray mari a a surly chain smoking malcontent and mantle a a temperamental and philander alcoholic . i do not need hollywood to show me that roger mari and mickey mantle be human being with human frailty . i do not need hollywood cut down my hero . what mari and mantle accomplish in 1961 speaks for itself . break babe ruth home run record be something that happen on the field and for the whole world to witness . how maris and mantle handle it be best leave to the audience imagination . any treatment of the subject of mantle and mari must include a more than just pass mention of the entire 1961 baseball season . the competition to break ruth single season home run record be brisk . that year six player in the american league and two in the national league hit more than 40 home run . also a relief pitcher and luis arroyo of the new york yankee and have 15 win in addition to 29 save and an incredible performance that be all but forget yet actually happen . any relief pitcher win 15 game nowadays .