Three other Alabamians would be admitted this day, including the legendary
Henry Aaron, until recently holder of the major league all-time home run record.
This is unfortunate, because by my estimate, Bonds' front arm "armor" may have contributed no fewer than 75 to 100 home runs to his already steroid-questionable total.Bonds tied
Henry Aaron's home run record of 755 on Saturday night and will go for the new standard this week back at home in San Francisco.
This in itself is not remarkable, since of
Henry Aaron's 755 career home runs, roughly one-third came after he had reached that age, which is near-geriatric in baseball terms.
Perhaps the best commentary, whether Bonds took steroids and how many home runs he might have hit if pitchers hadn't walked him so much, comes from Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson: "
Henry Aaron never hit 50 home runs in a season, so you're going to tell me that you're a greater hitter than
Henry Aaron?
He owned a team in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, called the Black Sox, and he brought players like
Henry Aaron and Willie Mays to town.
Campers will be drafted onto one of four teams managed by Hall of Fame counselor-cum-coaches George Brett, Lou Brock, Phil Niekro and Duke Snider, with one game per day played on historic Doubleday Field (the same stadium on which greats like Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and
Henry Aaron appeared during their playing careers).
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Henry Aaron and Robert Reischauer, Countdown to Reform: The Great Social Security Debate (New York: The Century Foundation Press, 2001), 4.
While it may not rank up there with
Henry Aaron's 755 home runs, or even Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi's hot dog-eating record (50.5 franks in 12 minutes), Herbalife and Denver-based ACT Teleconferencing insist they set a new world record for teleconferencing.
Williams Advertising, Paul Viera of EARNEST Partners,
Henry Aaron of Hank Aaron Automotive Group.
Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays,
Henry Aaron and Satchel Paige are among a few African Americans who were lucky that their brothers laid a solid foundation for their playing in Major League baseball some 50 years later.
If one takes into account all of his games--against league, non-league, and semipro opponents--Gibson may have "outhomered"
Henry Aaron, Babe Ruth, and everybody else.
He contrasts the 'geographical writing' of the Afrikareisender Gerhard Rohlfs with the sensationalist account of the same colonial campaign by the American explorer Henry Morton Stanley on the one hand, and with the 'missionary writing' by the converted German Jew
Henry Aaron Stern on the other.
