CB1
05-10-2007, 10:37 AM
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/mlb_credits_hank_aaron_with_50
In what Major League Baseball officials are calling a "long overdue correction of a gross oversight," Commissioner Bud Selig announced Tuesday the discovery that Hall of Famer Hank Aaron had in fact accumulated 50 previously unaccounted-for home runs during his illustrious 22-year baseball career, bringing his once record total of 755 to an even higher 805 and putting the all-time home-run record perhaps forever out of reach.
Enlarge Image MLB Finds Lost
Hank Aaron hits one of the 12 home runs he tallied during the 1973-1/2 season.
"Hank Aaron is a hero, an excellent man, and a great ambassador for the game of baseball," Selig said during a press conference to announce the findings. "We're proud to have finally set things right, hopefully once and for all. And I have to tell you, some of the home runs that we discovered were just monster shots. One was hit off of [Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher] Harvey Haddix that went 576 feet, and Hank wasn't even that big of a guy. Just naturally strong and gifted, I guess."
Haddix was unavailable for comment, as he passed away in 1994.Yeah, there's more of the story at the link above
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Wow.
:D :clap:
Edited by McCarroll21 because of the lack of a link and the appearance of the entire article.
In what Major League Baseball officials are calling a "long overdue correction of a gross oversight," Commissioner Bud Selig announced Tuesday the discovery that Hall of Famer Hank Aaron had in fact accumulated 50 previously unaccounted-for home runs during his illustrious 22-year baseball career, bringing his once record total of 755 to an even higher 805 and putting the all-time home-run record perhaps forever out of reach.
Enlarge Image MLB Finds Lost
Hank Aaron hits one of the 12 home runs he tallied during the 1973-1/2 season.
"Hank Aaron is a hero, an excellent man, and a great ambassador for the game of baseball," Selig said during a press conference to announce the findings. "We're proud to have finally set things right, hopefully once and for all. And I have to tell you, some of the home runs that we discovered were just monster shots. One was hit off of [Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher] Harvey Haddix that went 576 feet, and Hank wasn't even that big of a guy. Just naturally strong and gifted, I guess."
Haddix was unavailable for comment, as he passed away in 1994.Yeah, there's more of the story at the link above
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Wow.
:D :clap:
Edited by McCarroll21 because of the lack of a link and the appearance of the entire article.