46 years ago, Hammerin’ Hank Aaron responds to death threats & racist hate mail with home run #715 breaking the record of all-time baseball idol, Babe Ruth.
In the midst of sadness surrounding the current pandemic, here’s a video the MLB released about 6 years ago that will hopefully bring a smile to face of fellow sports-fans as it did mine.
“What a marvelous moment for baseball, what a marvelous moment for Atlanta and the state of Georgia, what a marvelous moment for the country and the world; A black man is getting a standing ovation in the “Deep South” for breaking the record of an all-time baseball idol, and it is great for all of us, and particularly for Henry Aaron…”
Vin Scully
Dodger’s Broadcaster
April 8, 1987
