HBO Home Entertainment, in conjunction with Warner Home Video, has announced two baseball-related titles for Blu-ray release on June 7: the feature
61*, centered on the quest of the New York Yankees' Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle to break Babe Ruth's home run record; and the documentary
When It Was a Game: The Complete Collection, chronicling the sport between the 1930s and the 1950s exclusively using authentic footage.
Special features for
61* include:
- Original trailer
- The Greatest Summer of My Life: Billy Crystal and the making of 61*
- Music-only track
- Historical information on Mantle, Maris, and 61*