Hank Aaron hit #715. I was 13 at the time, and a friend of mine was on his way over to the house. He showed up five minutes after the home run, and I answered the front door screaming "you missed it! you missed it!". http://www.phoons.com/715.html
I'll never forget where I was and what I was doing when I found out. I was crying and pooping in my diaper.
RM Tex is lying...he was actually one of those r****ds that ran onto the field and followed Aaron around the bases. I'm suprised Hank didn't start running a helluva lot faster after what he went through...or maybe turn around and dropkick one of them with his spikes...
Those guys running onto the field is one of the most awesome images in sports IMO. Just think if you got to run around the bases with McGuire when he hit 70.
You say that now, but if you were a black baseball player getting barraged with death threats by racists for months and you see two white guys coming up behind you, I imagine that's a little heart attack inducing...
Hank was/is the man!!! If Bonds happens to break Aaron's record, I'll be one of the few fans who won't consider it as the true homerun record!
God, I feel old. I was in my 20's. I agree about Bonds. I won't count or respect any home run record by him or Sosa. Aaron, who was just hard for me to love as a player (hell, impossible), deserves every bit of credit.
I know that personally, if you were an Astros fan, you didn't like Hank Aaron very much, because he used to tee off on Houston pitching like nobody's business. Kind of like the same way you hate Chipper Jones if you are an Astros fan.
He wasn't an Astro! Seriously? I just wasn't "grabbed" by his personality. Some things you can't quantify... why was I a huge fan of Bob Aspromonte? edit: Oh, and what RMT said. (I knew I was forgetting something! )
I remember it. I was five. At the time, I was a fat little kid, and my parents thought I was r****ded (the word was kind of official back then).
