It’s been said if we look closely we are all somehow linked by six degrees of separation. Among one of baseball’s strange connections are two teams we rarely see in such matters. One such degree of separation happened on October 3, albeit 25 years apart.
The answer to a trivia question is Carroll “Whitey” Lockman and Clint Hartung The question is who was on base when Bobby Thomson hit his “Shot Heard Round the World” on October 3, 1951. That’s the moment that will live forever.
Exactly 25 years later, Henry Aaron singled in a run in the sixth inning of a game between Detroit and Milwaukee on October 3, 1976. It was his last appearance in County Stadium, the old stadium where he first broke in. That is the footnote, an overlooked moment in one of the most significant baseball careers.
