40th anniversary of 715

[Acollector]

I wonder if he had been born 40 years later, with all the expansion, if would he have hit an additional 100 home runs or more.

[Vintagevault13]

Originally Posted by Acollector

I wonder if he had been born 40 years later, with all the expansion, if would he have hit an additional 100 home runs or more.

Probably. There was only 10 or fewer teams in the NL most of his playing career. He faced strong pitching almost every game as the talent wasn't diluted.

[steve B]

I was there!

In my living room, watching on tv like millions of others.

I'd only gotten interested in baseball late in the year before. So my intro to watching baseball was the 73 series, then 715. Followed by meeting Bob Feller and then the 75 series. ---No wonder I like baseball.

Nearly saw him play in 76. Our church took a once a year trip to Fenway. I went in 74, 75 I think they didn't/couldn't get tickets, 76 was a Brewers game. He didn't play that day.



Steve B

[71buc]

Hank is by far the most under rated player in history. Following the death of Clemente he became my favorite player. I named my first born Aaron Clemente after both of them. Ironically, on the 40th anniversary of Hank's biggest moment my son had a pretty big moment himself. He learned today he was accepted to law school. Very Very proud father here

[Vintagevault13]

Originally Posted by 71buc

Hank is by far the most under rated player in history. Following the death of Clemente he became my favorite player. I named my first born Aaron Clemente after both of them. Ironically, on the 40th anniversary of Hank's biggest moment my son had a pretty big moment himself. He learned today he was accepted to law school. Very Very proud father here

Great story and congratulations!

[Hot Springs Bathers]

I was in the downstairs TV room in our college dorm. Everyone was there, sitting around on the floor watching the game. Ironically my old roommate dropped into town yesterday, hadn't seen him in a few years.

Also a bit of irony, that small school, Arkansas Tech was where Aaron's son later playeed football briefly.

[darkhorse9]

I posted this in another Aaron thread but thought it deserved reposting

Many years ago I had a friend who worked on the TV show Happy Days. Hank Aaron made a cameo appearance on that show since it took place in Milwaukee and he would have been with the Braves then.

My friend knew I like baseball so she had Hank sign a script for me. Certainly a one-of-a-kind item to cherish.

[Lueth2048]

My father got my brother and I out of bed to watch the instant replay of 715.

[Gr8Beldini]

Does anyone remember where they were when Barry hit #756? Me neither.

[Stonepony]

Originally Posted by darkhorse9

I posted this in another Aaron thread but thought it deserved reposting

Many years ago I had a friend who worked on the TV show Happy Days. Hank Aaron made a cameo appearance on that show since it took place in Milwaukee and he would have been with the Braves then.

My friend knew I like baseball so she had Hank sign a script for me. Certainly a one-of-a-kind item to cherish.

So cool!!!! Happy Days AND Aaron!!

[71buc]

Originally Posted by Vintagevault13

Great story and congratulations!

Another coincidence, I just noticed that my previous post in this thread was my 715th.