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Monday is the 50th anniversary of the great Hank Aaron’s record-breaking 715th home run in Atlanta. This feat not only broke a pro baseball record but also smashed the color barrier.on April 8, 1974, against Dodgers pitcher Al Downing before a sellout crowd of 53,775 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in a game that ended up a 7-4 victory for Atlanta.
“Hank Aaron left a legacy not only for minorities but for everybody,” Garr insisted. “He was one of a kind. Someone else may come along and hit more home runs. Someone may have a greater career.
“We were scared to death,” Baker added. “Me and Ralph couldn’t even watch the game. We kept looking for the guy in the red coat the whole game. Hank acted like it didn’t bother him. But I know there was pain. A lot of pain.” “I was being thrown to the wolves,” Aaron said of how he was being treated in 1974. “Even though I did something great, nobody wanted to be a part of it. I was so isolated. I couldn’t share it. For many years, even after Jackie Robinson, baseball was so segregated, really. You just didn’t expect us to have a chance to do anything. Baseball was meant for the lily white.”
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