Word: cincinnati
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Reporter-Researcher Paul Witteman, 30, who came to TIME in 1972 after a year as a reporter in Pittsfield, Mass., and graduation from the Columbia School of Journalism, has landed a number of field assignments, but never an assignment quite like last week's. He was sent to Cincinnati to be on hand if Atlanta Braves Slugger Henry Aaron tied Babe Ruth's career home-run record. Witteman ended up seeing a lot more drama than he had bargained...
Columbia boasts experienced strength in the number one and two positions. Top player Henry Bunis, an All-American from Cincinnati, Ohio, earned a 13-3 record last year and was the leading eastern finisher in the NCAA Tournament...
Legends and records die hard in the sporting world and the bigger they are, the harsher the death. When Henry Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit a home run last Thursday afternoon in Cincinnati, his 714th, he tied the most hallowed record held by the biggest legend in all of sports, Babe Ruth's home run mark...
What if Aaron connects for two home runs during the Braves' first three games in Cincinnati? "You can lead a batter to the box," says one unconcerned Braves fan, "but you can't make him homer." The Cincinnati Reds, though, are taking no chances. All balls pitched to Aaron will be invisibly coded to assure that the genuine home-run balls will be identifiable. Security forces will be on the alert, and one devoted fan will be at Riverfront Stadium every day accompanied by three policemen and $12,000 in cash to buy home-run ball...
...This time it was the critics who failed to note a telling point: last year the Braves won as frequently without Aaron as they did with him. Last week the moralists prevailed as Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn ordered the Braves to play Aaron in at least two of the Cincinnati games "for the good" of the sport...