Ryne:
I know where North Dakota state Senator Joel Heitkamp is coming from:
A North Dakota legislator is trying to muscle Roger Maris' 61-homer season back into baseball's record books because of allegations that the three players who have surpassed him did so with the help of steroids.
"If these folks are on the juice, and I believe they're on the juice, then Roger should get his record back," Sen. Joel Heitkamp said.
He's sponsoring a resolution that asks baseball commissioner Bud Selig to reinstate Maris' record of 61 home runs in 1961. A spokesman for baseball did not respond to a request for comment.
The North Dakota Senate's Education Committee, which reviewed the resolution Monday, took less than 20 minutes to recommend that the full Senate approve it.
I'm no fan of government intervention in baseball's affairs -- be it on the federal or state level -- but any sort of pressure that will force baseball to examine its juiced-up records is helpful.
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