ORIGINAL 1961 ROGER MARIS SPRING TRAINING TYPE 1 FILE PHOTO NEW YORK YANKEES

THIS ORIGINAL PHOTO, ALONG WITH THE JOE DIMAGGIO AND MICKEY MANTLE PHOTOS, EMINATES FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE TAMPA TRIBUNE NEWSPAPER. THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN DURING SPRING TRAINING IN 1961 AT HUGGINS-STENGEL FIELD. THIS WAS THE LAST SEASON THE YANKEES HELD SPRING TRANING AT THIS LOCATION. 1961 WAS ALSO THE YEAR MANTLE AND MARIS BATTLED FOR THE SINGLE SEASON HOME RUN RECORD.