* Move over, Babe; it's Henry's birthday

February 5, 2009

Henry Aaron — whom some believe is still the real all-time home run king — turns 75 today. Where does the time go?

Aaron has been the subject of many books over the years, quite a few of which came out in 1974-75, as he was approaching Ruth’s record. I still have baseball magazines from the late 1960s which lament the lack of attention and admiration paid to him compared with Mantle and Mays.

The Amazon Report on Hank Aaron:

I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story

Hank Aaron and the Home Run That Changed America

Hank Aaron: Brave in Every Way

Me and Hank: A Boy and His Hero, Twenty-Five Years Later

A Summer Up North: Henry Aaron and the Legend of Eau Claire Baseball

Swinging for the Fences: Hank Aaron and Me

Home Run: My Life in Pictures

The Hank Aaron Story

Hitting the Aaron Way

Hammering Hank: How the Media Made Henry Aaron

Hank Aaron: One for The Record

Hank Aaron: The Man Who Beat the Babe
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