When Babe Ruth hits his last, number 714, in 1935, the world whole baseball thought that his feat could never be done in another life. After all, "the babe" was seen by many as the of the most beautiful clean hitter of all time, and it is an inspirational story. But like so many of the world and best records which had been defined, since it was meant to be broken. How this record should be rewritten came from an unlikely source who became a legend and the inspirational story of his own.
Henry Louis Aaron was born on February 5, 1934. It was a year was "The Babe" stroke number 714 and his long record date. Aaron was raised in poverty, his family was great and very poor. What in fact such inspiring story for all generation of athletes and sports fan is that Aaron was a black. A few many racist era, for a black to exceed the record set by "the babe" seemed unthinkable. This is perhaps where the romance of this inspiring story is defined. When Aaron was young, he could not afford baseball equipment. Therefore, he would make his own bat and tilted to bottle caps. Grew up in a cotton picking farm gave him strong hands and arms that naturally transported in its desire to already passionate play the ball.
Aaron began his career in professional baseball and inspiring history with the Indianapolis Clowns of the American League in the minor leagues and Negro, Aaron began his career in major league in 1954. (It is the last Negro League baseball player to have played in the major leagues). He played 21 seasons with the Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves in the National League and its last two years (1975-76) with the Milwaukee Brewers in the American League.
Her career and inspirational story in the major leagues was relatively calm. But slowly and steadily built it up to its number of surpassing 714. He hit 13 in 1954 in its first year of major league. He hit 27 the following year, 26 the year after this and then 44 in 1957. Forty lashes circuit in 1960. Forty-five in 1962. Forty-four in 1963, yet once in 1966 and again in 1969. Forty-seven in 1971. Quietly, relentlessly, Aaron continued the ghost of the best player of perhaps of baseball. Then the end of the 1973 season, and the 39-year old Aaron, who reached 40 home runs this year, had 713 for his career, one shy of the record.
Shoulder season of 1973 in 1974 was filled with emotional extremes for Aaron and his family in this inspiring story. In the winter, the same year, they received thousands of genuine supporters wishing him well and all the best. Many of them were rooting of Aaron to break the record of Babe Ruth finally. They felt that it was the year that this objective could be achieved. Hank was still belting home runs with ease at this stage, unlike "the babe", which, at this stage of his career, has nothing more than an alcoholic quagmire because of his excessive lifestyle.
This, winter, Aaron also received his share of hate messages, mostly racists who can't understand the fact that a black man is a record that a white supremist had set way back in 1935. Four decades of domination white baseball was key to its end. Aaron, this hate mail was in fact a source of inspiration. Although he feared for his life and his family, he has never really left his desire to keep the swing away. It said the season in his own words, "I can't go into hibernation now", "73." I cannot hide. I said that I did that to break the record of Babe Ruth is to stay alive, but I have to live my life. "His inspirational story continued.
In the first game of the 1974 season in Cincinnati, Aaron hit number 714 out of the ball park, tying the record for time all of Babe Ruth. He has another would have two games more to Cincinnati, but his manager and Aaron wanted the record to be eclipse in their field, so his manager he deliberately suspended for Game 2 in Cincinnati. Unfortunately this will not down with the Commissioner of baseball, who claimed that it was contrary to the spirit of the game. Aaron started 3 game of the series, but was unable to hit the record breaker. He would have had the chance to do so in its own stadium to establish his inspirational story.
Monday evening, April 8, Pearl Bailey sang the national anthem. Burst of fireworks on the crowd more great stage of Atlanta had taken place. At 9: 07 from 53,775, and a national television, in its second hearing y but on his first swing of the evening, Aaron made fly shattered the record that had stood up to 39 years. The game was interrupted for 11 minutes for all wishing to much fanfare. In the process of surpassing 714, hank also quietly passed another point of reference to baseball. Aaron entered the 2,063 rd race of his career, put him ahead by Mays for the head of the National League and behind Ty Cobb and Ruth overall.
Thus ends this inspirational story and chase history for one of the most beloved baseball for all folders. Hank Aaron would hit number 755 which would not be broken until 2007 by Barry Bonds of the Giants in San Francisco. But that record will be to always be tarnished by alleged drug use.
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