When some people think of prejudice or error in judgment, they think of Martin Luther
King Jr., Malcolm X, or maybe even Rodney King. When I think of prejudice, the only
name that comes to my mind is Roger Maris. The way Maris was treated in New York
was ridiculous. He was treated badly because he was not a big city guy. Maris was born
in Minnesota in 1934, but raised in North Dakota. Needless to say, he was not the type of
guy Yankee fans were used to.
Yankee fans were always very hateful to Maris. They treated Maris badly because
they could not relate to him since he was a small-town guy, and did not really know how
to act in a big city. The city was in love with Mickey Mantle and could not find room in
their hearts for anyone else. The harassment of Maris became so bad that he even began
to receive death threats mixed in with the mail from his fans.
Roger's stress began during the 1961 home run race to beat Ruth's record of sixty.
With both Maris and Mantle......

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