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The case for Roger Maris isn’t about career totals or WAR. It’s about narrative. He won back to back MVPs, he held the all-time single season HR record for decades, and he was one of the best players on one of the best teams in history. Frankly, it’s a pretty easy case.

He’s a very normal Veterans Committee selection. He was every bit as great as most of the recent Vet Committee selections: Dave Parker, Dick Allen, Tony Oliva, Minnie Minoso, Gil Hodges, etc

And his narrative is stronger than all of those players except maybe Gil Hodges and maybe Minnie Minoso.