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...Long Winter of Henry Aaron. NBC news examines the life and times of the greatest active ballplayer, Hammerin' Hank, who stands on the brink of breaking baseball's unbeatable record. Includes film of homers 700-713 and more importantly, discussions with Henry Aaron, the overlooked hero. CH. 4. 10 p.m. Color...
...league records. Even so, it is his relentless pursuit of the record that has made him at age 39 the single most conspicuous figure in American sports. Last week, 20 seasons older, 30 Ibs. heavier and 2,953 games more experienced than when he hit home run No. 1, Hammerin' Hank drove No. 710 over the left-centerfield wall at Atlanta Stadium. Going into the weekend, with 13 games remaining on the schedule, he was within suspenseful reach of what is being billed as the greatest moments in sports history: the instants when he hits...
Even that inveterate worshiper of statistics, the classic baseball nut, might not recall that all those records are held by the same man: Henry Aaron of the Atlanta Braves. But this season no fan needs a record book to realize that Hammerin' Hank is threatening to break the most glamorous mark in sports, the 714 home runs hit by Babe Ruth...
...livelier old bones of Atlanta's Henry Louis Aaron. In the first inning, he lined Giant Pitcher Gaylord Perry's first pitch off the right centerfield fence for a stand-up double. Next time up, when Perry tried to jam him with a high inside fastball, Hammerin' Hank hit a 350-ft. drive that sailed over the leftfield wall and caromed back onto the playing field. After retrieving the ball, Third Base Umpire Paul Pryor was presented with a card that read: "I caught Hank Aaron's 600th home run." It was a souvenir worth keeping...