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Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle chasing 61 homers, 60 years later
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A Look Back: Eventual Islander Sal Durante caught Roger Maris
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Sal Durante, who caught Roger Maris' record-breaking 61st home run
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Take 2: Sal Durante, who caught Roger Maris' 61st homer, remembers
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Sal Durante, who caught Roger Maris' 61st home run, dead at 80
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Sal Durante, who caught Roger Maris' record-breaking 61st home run
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Sal Durante, who caught Roger Maris' record-breaking 61st home run
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Milestone balls leave fans with a choice
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A Look Back: Eventual Islander Sal Durante caught Roger Maris
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Sal Durante, who caught Roger Maris' record-breaking 61st home run
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Sal Durante, the S.I. resident who found the limelight after
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Sal Durante, Staten Island's own baseball legend
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Sal Durante- Caught Roger Maris' 61st Home Run