Smothers! Talladega SPEED Dome! I just got done watching Dick Smothers in a gear Grand Prix Racing episode of It Takes a Thief!
Aaron and his wife, Billye, had been invited to speak at the 145th Founders Day Banquet at Talladega College, which was being held at Talladega SPEED Dome. Nicola Lawler, public relations director, aware that I had covered the Braves after they moved to Atlanta and had been part of the media corps during his run for the record, invited me down for the event.
...He wound up hitting 20 home runs in 1974 then was traded from the Braves and played two more years in Milwaukee, where he had started his baseball career. He hit 755 home runs, which was later surpassed by Barry Bonds but tainted by the steroid investigation.
However, it doesn’t seem to bother Aaron.
“I hit 755 home runs and Barry hit a few more than I did. I am willing to concede the idea that he is the home run champ and I am the second best. It really doesn’t make that much difference. I tell a lot of people that, no matter what happens, I’m not going to hit another home run. It’s all over with.”
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Posted: November 17, 2012 at 11:33 PM |
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1. Rennie's Tenet Posted: November 18, 2012 at 12:38 AM (#4305359)Guest vixen Felicia Farr was an inexcusable omission from the Verlander-Upton thread.
Smothers Brothers still performing -- I'll be damned. That was a great show back in the day. And I'll always remember this bit from their first "comeback":
Dick: "You know, a lot of people have said we've sold out our principles to get back on TV. That's not true."
Tommy: "No it isn't ... we just rented them out for a while."
Dick: "You know, a lot of people have said we've sold out our principles to get back on TV. That's not true."
Tommy: "No it isn't ... we just rented them out for a while."
Jimmy: "My editor said I had to ask you..."
Other than his stint as de facto GM for the Braves, is there anything Aaron hasn't handled exceptionally well? Great, great player who has always been somewhat in Willie Mays' shadow, but has never seemed bitter. Came from very humble beginnings in segregated Mobile but always appears to be enjoying life and remarking on what a great run it has been. Henry Aaron may be (just barely) outside the top ten all-time players, but I think that both during and after his playing career, he has been one of the top ten people.
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