{"id":254531,"date":"2022-12-05T10:13:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T15:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinstripesnation.com\/rip-sal-durante-el-aficionado-de-los-yankees-que-atrapo-la-bola-del-61o-jonron-de-roger-maris\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T09:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T13:45:00","slug":"rip-sal-durante-el-aficionado-de-los-yankees-que-atrapo-la-bola-del-61o-jonron-de-roger-maris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinstripesnation.com\/es\/rip-sal-durante-el-aficionado-de-los-yankees-que-atrapo-la-bola-del-61o-jonron-de-roger-maris\/","title":{"rendered":"RIP Sal Durante, el aficionado de los Yankees que atrap\u00f3 la bola del 61\u00ba jonr\u00f3n de Roger Maris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sal Durante, el eterno fan de los Yankees, ha muerto a los 80 a\u00f1os. Fue famoso por atrapar la bola del 61\u00ba home run de <a href=\"https:\/\/pinstripesnation.com\/es\/player\/roger-maris\/\">Roger Maris<\/a> en el <a href=\"https:\/\/baseballinstadiums.com\/american-league\/yankee-stadium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yankee Stadium<\/a> en 1961. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Yankees are deeply saddened by the loss of Sal Durante and offer our condolences to Sal\u2019s family and friends. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XceWcoYHgh\">pic.twitter.com\/XceWcoYHgh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; New York Yankees (@Yankees) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Yankees\/status\/1598869766693089280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roger Maris Jr. comparti\u00f3 la noticia en Twitter el viernes.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00abSal Durante, el tipo que atrap\u00f3 el 61\u00ba home run de mi padre, muri\u00f3 anoche. Sal era un caballero y amaba a sus Yankees. Sal y mi padre siempre estar\u00e1n unidos por aquel d\u00eda hist\u00f3rico del 1 de octubre de 1961. Condolencias a la familia Durante de parte de la familia Maris\u00bb.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sal Durante the guy who caught my dad\u2019s 61st home run died last night. Sal was such a gentleman and loved his Yankees. Sal and my dad will always be connected to each other because of that historic day on October 1, 1961. Condolences to the Durante family from the Maris Family <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1UfbZwVfUX\">pic.twitter.com\/1UfbZwVfUX<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Roger Maris Jr (@RogerMarisJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RogerMarisJr\/status\/1598712010589573120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aquel fat\u00eddico d\u00eda de 1961, Sal Durante y su futura esposa, Rosemarie, ten\u00edan una cita doble en el <a href=\"https:\/\/baseballinstadiums.com\/historical\/past\/old-yankee-stadium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">viejo estadio de los Yankees<\/a>. Estaban en las gradas del jard\u00edn derecho para ver jugar a los Yankees contra los Red Sox aquel glorioso d\u00eda. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Roger Maris gives Sal Durante and his wife season passes for the 1962 season. Durante caught #61 in 1961. \ud83d\udc90 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2QLxjyeqeJ\">pic.twitter.com\/2QLxjyeqeJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Maris4HOF (@RMaris0961) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RMaris0961\/status\/1598799160643244032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00abO\u00ed el chasquido del bate y vi que se dirig\u00eda a las gradas del jard\u00edn derecho, donde est\u00e1bamos sentados\u00bb, narr\u00f3 Sal Durante durante <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/sports\/mariners\/take-2-sal-durante-who-caught-roger-maris-61st-homer-remembers-trip-to-1962-seattle-worlds-fair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">una entrevista concedida en 2016 a The Seattle Times<\/a>. \u00abSalt\u00e9 de mi asiento y estir\u00e9 el brazo todo lo que pude, y el bal\u00f3n me dio en la palma de la mano\u00bb. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">10\/1\/61 \u201cI heard the crack of the bat and saw it headed toward the RF bleachers where we were sitting. I jumped up on my seat and stretched as high as I could, and the ball slammed into the palm of my bare hand&quot;<br><br>Sal Durante celebrates after catching Roger Maris\u2019 61st home run. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LUflv1h85A\">pic.twitter.com\/LUflv1h85A<\/a><\/p>&mdash; JVAN (@VanderlansJim) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VanderlansJim\/status\/1303143998840659968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En aquel momento, Durante era un camionero de 19 a\u00f1os de Brooklyn. M\u00e1s tarde fue conductor de autob\u00fas escolar en Nueva York. Hace unos ocho a\u00f1os, Rosemarie muri\u00f3.  <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe title=\"Sal Durante- Caught Roger Maris&amp;apos; 61st Home Run\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y2sKwzbKbbM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los 61 jonrones de Maris fueron la mayor cantidad en las Grandes Ligas hasta que Mark McGwire y Sammy Sosa lograron 73 jonrones en 1998 y Barry Bonds logr\u00f3 73 jonrones en 2001. Muchos pensaban que Maris era el verdadero plusmarquista hasta que <a href=\"https:\/\/pinstripesnation.com\/es\/player\/aaron-judge\/\">Aaron Judge<\/a> logr\u00f3 62 jonrones la temporada pasada. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe title=\"Roger Maris 1961 - 61st HR w\/Rizzuto&amp;apos;s audio &amp; WPIX video--1st time!\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hI9jGRPZNSE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Durante se reuni\u00f3 con Maris en el vestuario de <a href=\"https:\/\/pinstripesnation.com\/es\/\">los Yankees<\/a> despu\u00e9s de atrapar la pelota. Estaba listo para devolv\u00e9rsela al bateador de potencia. Pero <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/21\/roger-maris-5000-advice-to-sal-durante-who-caught-his-61st-homer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maris le dijo a Durante que se lo quedara y lo vendiera<\/a>. Durante habr\u00eda estado encantado de d\u00e1rsela al bateador de jonrones.   <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">61 years ago Sal Durante caught Rogers 61st home run ball. We have learned that Sal passed away last night. We shall never forget him or his connection to Roger. To <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jodidurante?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jodidurante<\/a> and the family, you have our deepest sympathy, thoughts and prayers. \ud83d\udc90\u26be\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qMSbY183q9\">pic.twitter.com\/qMSbY183q9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Maris4HOF (@RMaris0961) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RMaris0961\/status\/1598725573752360974?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00abQu\u00e9datela, chico. \u00abPonla en subasta\u00bb, le dijo Maris a Durante, \u00abSi vendes la pelota, alguien te dar\u00e1 mucho dinero. Lo guardar\u00e1 unos d\u00edas y luego me lo dar\u00e1\u00bb. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAfter Maris thanked him, Durante thought that would be the end of it. But \u2013 after signing the ball and dating it \u2013 Maris handed it back to Durante and said, \u201cKeep it, kid. Put it up for auction. Somebody will pay you a lot of money for the ball.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tnP3HrrucC\">https:\/\/t.co\/tnP3HrrucC<\/a><\/p>&mdash; College Football SZN Salazar (@IgTEXSalazar) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IgTEXSalazar\/status\/1572519829353156608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sam Gordon, propietario de un restaurante en California, compr\u00f3 el bal\u00f3n a Durante por 5.000 d\u00f3lares, lo que equivale a unos 50.000 d\u00f3lares en moneda actual. La pelota acab\u00f3 en el <a href=\"https:\/\/baseballhall.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sal\u00f3n de la Fama de Cooperstown<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Roger Maris poses with Sal Durante, the lucky New York <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Yankees?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Yankees<\/a> fan who caught HR #61 at Yankee Stadium. Sal tried to return the ball to Roger, but he told him he should sell it, so he sold it to a California restaurateur for $5,000! (October 1961) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/MLB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MLB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Baseball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Baseball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/History?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#History<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A8wam2hdKd\">pic.twitter.com\/A8wam2hdKd<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Baseball by BSmile (@BSmile) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BSmile\/status\/1577473012080685056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En septiembre, cuando Judge intentaba batir el r\u00e9cord de Maris en la Liga Americana, The New York Post habl\u00f3 con el hijo de Durante, Tom, quien dijo que su padre, que entonces ten\u00eda 80 a\u00f1os, padec\u00eda demencia.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00abTodav\u00eda ten\u00eda todas las fotos de \u00e9l y Maris, y a\u00fan las tiene por toda la casa. Tom Durante cont\u00f3: \u00abHablaba de ello; hasta hace poco, habr\u00eda sabido las respuestas si se lo hubi\u00e9ramos preguntado. Hace un mes y medio, dej\u00f3 de pensar\u00bb. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00abEn 1976, cuando inauguraron el nuevo estadio de los Yankees, lanz\u00f3 la primera bola a Graig Nettles. Luego, en el 25 aniversario, le invitaron a subir con mi madre. Luego, en el 50 aniversario, lanz\u00f3 la pelota -que ahora est\u00e1 en el Sal\u00f3n de la Fama- a la familia Maris\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(Fuente: <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/12\/02\/sal-durante-who-caught-roger-maris-61st-home-run-dead-at-80\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Post<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sal Durante, el eterno fan de los Yankees, ha muerto a los 80 a\u00f1os. Fue famoso por atrapar la bola del 61\u00ba home run de Roger Maris en el Yankee Stadium en 1961. Roger Maris Jr. comparti\u00f3 la noticia en Twitter el viernes. \u00abSal Durante, el tipo que atrap\u00f3 el 61\u00ba home run de mi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":52237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_review":[],"enable_review":"","type":"","name":"","summary":"","brand":"","sku":"","good":[],"bad":[],"score_override":"","override_value":"","rating":[],"price":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"jnews_post_split":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[990,897],"tags":[787,1332,829],"class_list":["post-254531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-historias-populares","category-noticias","tag-aaron-juez","tag-roger-maris-es","tag-yankees-de-nueva-york"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinstripesnation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinstripesnation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinstripesnation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinstripesnation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinstripesnation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pinstripesnation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254542,"href":"https:\/\/pinstripesnation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254531\/revisions\/254542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinstripesnation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinstripesnation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinstripesnation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinstripesnation.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}