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Sal Durante, Who Caught a Bit of Baseball History, Dies at 81

Dec. 6, 2022, 5:07 p.m.

(The New York Times) At Yankee Stadium on Oct. 1, 1961, Mr. Durante, a 19-year-old truck driver, stood on his seat in right field and nabbed Roger Maris’s 61st home run one-handed.

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