Happy Birthday, Hammerin' Hank!

02/05/2012

Happy Birthday, Hammerin' Hank!

Henry Aaron, the man who remains the All-Time Home Run King in my book (both literally and figuratively), turns 78 today. An all-around class act, even during the extremely stressful period in 1973 and '74 when he was laying seige to Babe Ruth's record, Hammerin' Hank turned an entire generation of kids into lifelong fans of the game. Here's to ya, Henry!

Oh yeah — here's some grainy but very cool Super 8 footage of Hank hitting career homer #695 off of the Mets' George Stone at Shea Stadium on July 8, 1973...

Posted at 11:38 AM in Ballparks, Baseball Cards, Personalities | Permalink

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Dan Epstein

About Me
Dan Epstein is the author of Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s and Stars and Strikes: Baseball and America in the Bicentennial Summer of '76, both published by Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press. He writes about baseball, music and other cultural obsessions for a variety of outlets and publications. He lives in Greensboro, NC, and is available for speaking engagements.

Big Hair and Plastic Grass

02/05/2012