"Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation.
Your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
- Hank Aaron
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| April, 1974 - Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's long standing all time home run record |
In the months prior to this historical event, Hank received hate mail from many who didn’t want to see a black man break Ruth’s record. The threats extended to those who gave Aaron positive press coverage and they feared for Aaron’s life.
Longtime Dodger Broadcaster Vin Scully addressed the racial tension in his call of the home run:
“What a marvelous moment for baseball; what a marvelous moment for Atlanta and the state of Georgia; what a marvelous moment for the country and the world. A black man is getting a standing ovation in the Deep South for breaking a record of an all-time baseball idol. And it is a great moment for all of us, and particularly for Henry Aaron. … And for the first time in a long time, that poker face in Aaron shows the tremendous strain and relief of what it must have been like to live with for the past several months.”
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| Hank Aaron |
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