Hank Aaron, at 39, hit 40 home runs in 1973, ending just one behind Babe Ruth's 714 and setting up a winter of anticipation and the magic evening on April 8, 1974, when he broke baseball's most hallowed record.
Hank Aaron, at 39, hit 40 home runs in 1973, ending just one behind Babe Ruth's 714 and setting up a winter of anticipation and the magic evening on April 8, 1974, when he broke baseball's most hallowed record.