Hank's Record

Aaron keeps low profile, but former Braves talkOld gang offers universal admiration
By JILL VEJNOSKA
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 07/25/07

Phil Niekro may well be fishing when it happens. Mike Lum could be on the road to another minor-league town.

Ralph Garr and Davey Johnson don't know for sure if they'll see Barry Bonds hit the home run. After all, homers don't come on a predictable schedule.

Not usually, anyway.

"Hank told me, 'I'm getting this over with right now,'\u2009" recalls Dusty Baker, who was in the on-deck circle at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium when Henry Aaron broke Babe Ruth's supposedly unbreakable home run record on April 8, 1974. "And he did."