"This," Aaron said about the letters, "changed me." The summer of '73 ended with Hammerin' Hank at 713 homers after hitting a remarkable 40 in just 392 at-bats. He was 39. In his first swing of ...
Even as teenagers, they say they understood the gravity of the swing, the hit and the ball ... on at that time,” said Williams. “For Hank Aaron to be in the position that he was in, there ...
Hank Aaron, their most prolific home run hitter ... He told me to go a wall and push my shoulder against it. My first swing against San Diego, that shoulder popped. All of a sudden, I had full ...
Dan has written 41 books and more than 25,000 articles about baseball. The late Hank Aaron, often overlooked because of his low-key personality, has finally made his mark in the Baseball Hall of Fame.