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Hank Aaron - 8/8/2007 2:28:49 AM

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Phil Niekro may well be fishing when it happens.

Mike Lum could be on the road to another minor-league town.

Ralph Garr and Davey Johnson don't know for sure if they'll see Barry Bonds hit the home run. After all, homers don't come on a predictable schedule.

Not usually, anyway.

"Hank told me, 'I'm getting this over with right now,'\u2009" recalls Dusty Baker, who was in the on-deck circle at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium when Henry Aaron broke Babe Ruth's supposedly unbreakable home run record on April 8, 1974. "And he did."

They know things, this small band of men who've been here before. Playing alongside Aaron on the 1974 Braves, they saw history being made in a way most people can only dream about. They can tell you about the home runs Aaron hit for the history books – and the ones he hit mostly for them.

Now, as Bonds closes in on Aaron's mark of 755 home runs, and Aaron maintains his dignified calm just beyond the media storm, his former teammates are more than willing to step up to the plate and talk.

http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/braves/stories/2007/07/24/teammates_0725.html

As Barry Bonds pushes for home run No. 755 to tie one of baseball's most hallowed records, a Colorado sushi restaurant is celebrating the man who set the record - Hank Aaron.

Hapa Sushi Grill ran a half-page ad yesterday in the satirical weekly The Onion that read "Congratulations Hank Aaron on 755 home runs." At the bottom of the page, the ad continues: "Organic beef and chicken, no added steroids." Full-page ads are planned for two Boulder, Colo., daily newspapers starting today.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-sp.bbnotes03aug03,0,1067217.story

Aaron breaking Ruth's record: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akTBKaV9MOw

You're the best, Hank.

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RE: Hank Aaron - 8/8/2007 3:21:18 AM

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"This record is not tainted at all. At all. Period," Bonds said. And more than 43,000 adoring Giants fans, including his godfather, Hall of Famer Willie Mays, surely agreed. Bonds raised both arms over his head like a prize fighter in victory, fists clenched — and then he took off. It was over at long last. Bonds did it with a shot to the deepest part of the ballpark with one out in the fifth inning against Washington's Mike Bacsik. Bonds sent the 84-mph fastball arcing high into the night, 435 feet into the right-center field seats. And then, the celebration began in force — fireworks, streamers, banners commemorating the accomplishment, and even a party in McCovey Cove.

I think it's time for me to replay Micheal Irvin's induction speech again.

Pump those fists Barry!!

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RE: Hank Aaron - 8/8/2007 3:28:21 AM

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It's a shame that, a year (or so) from now, we'll be talking about how to figure Barry's REAL home run total and giving this honor back to Hank Aaron.

I sincerely hope that A-rod breaks this record. I'm no A-rod fan but, I think he's clean and I don't want Barroid being venerated.

Peace and comfort,

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RE: Hank Aaron - 8/8/2007 3:42:55 AM

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Bonds is a complete joke. Yes, granted you have to be able to HIT the ball to put it out of the park, but minus the "juice", those would have been outs, making his lifetime average a worse than his current .298, which is pitiful.

Hank and Babe are still the two better ball players.. especially considering the Babe did it on beer and hotdogs.

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RE: Hank Aaron - 8/8/2007 5:00:14 AM

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The Babe did it naturally and so did Hank, Bonds is a steroiding son of a bitch who deserves to be removed from Baseball history, never let into the Hall of Fame and never allowed to hold the record.
Hank AARon hit 755 on his natural ability and his natural body without any help period. And we all knoe The Babe hit his on beer, hot dogs and hamburgers and booze lol. But no drugs or help was there.

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