Long before the chase of Babe Ruth became a national obsession, I was following Henry Aaron and the most magnificent wrists in baseball. Any chance I could get to see the Braves, I would head to the ballpark.
Needless to say, on the evening of April 8, 1974, I was part of the national TV audience transfixed on Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta as ‘‘Hammerin’ Hank’’ attempted to break Ruth’s record and become the all-time home-run champion. Just four days earlier, on Opening Day, Aaron had tied Ruth.
