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A few calls. Braves' announcer Milo Hamilton on 715: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNZl6HN5c-0 Vin Scully: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjqYThEVoSQ Curt Gowdy on the national broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YesbJSETiI 714: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCxe_NeNZFI The Braves wanted Aaron to tie and set the record at home and were going to sit him until then. But baseball's brass intervened and refused to allow it, setting him up to crack this off Jack Billingham at Riverfront Stadium.
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The Walrus posted:who were those two dudes that ran to catch up with him? did they jump on the field? Britt Gaston and Cliff Courtenay. They were two fans who were caught up in the moment. Both were arrested and released. Aaron met up with them a few years ago. e: Sports Illustrated catching up with people in the stadium Sports Illustrated posted:"I think they made some announcements [like], If there's any funny business, people are going to jail," Courtenay says. "We must have missed those." When Aaron made contact, they leaped over the tarp and onto the field even before they realized the ball was gone. "That would've been embarrassing if it'd hit the wall," he says. RC and Moon Pie fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Jan 22, 2021 |
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El Gallinero Gros posted:You might as well smash every record possible if the team is gonna fail to build around you, and I don't think he ever made a WS, unfortunately. Doctor Teeth posted:He won it in '57 with the Milwaukee Braves. And the Braves lost the WS in 1958. The 1955, 1956, 1959 and 1960 teams were 2nd in the NL but, of course, no postseason. Aaron's best team in Atlanta was 1969, but they ran into the Mets juggernaut that year and were swept in the NLCS. Milwaukee and Atlanta were at least competitive for nearly all of his run. The Braves didn't fall off the cliff until Aaron was gone. Milwaukee was absolutely loaded in some of those years. Eddie Mathews was unbelievable. Joe Torre, Felipe Alou, Rico Carty, Warren Spahn and Johnny Sain were on many of the rosters.
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