"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 ...