I thought we had some debat on this. In aNew York times article on statistics, it discusses the asterisk. I had thought there was no such asterisk, but Earl had found something on it. but this article says:
"Baseball can lay claim to the most awkward instance of all, the handling of Roger Maris's 61 home runs in 1961. That year, the season had been extended to 162 games, 8 games more than when Babe Ruth set the record of 60 in 1927. Baseball officials, wanting to protect Ruth's majesty, decided to list both Yankees as record-holders. (Contrary to legend, an asterisk by Maris's name was never used.)"
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