Hank Aaron Real Home Run King

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Hank Aaron wants No Part of Bonds

Thursday, June 7, 2007

Henry Aaron met the media Thursday outside Milwaukee's Miller Park, where his 755th and final home run landed. But baseball's home run king had little to say about Barry Bonds, the controversial slugger trying to break his record.

"I don't have any thoughts about Barry, I don't even know how to spell his name," Aaron quipped.

Aaron, now 74, was playing for the Milwaukee Brewers when he hammered his final homer off Dick Drago in the seventh inning of a 6-2 victory over the California Angels in front of 10,134 fans at County Stadium on July 20, 1976.

The ball landed in the left-field grandstand, which is now the parking lot at Miller Park, the Brewers' ball park since April 6, 2001.

"I never dreamt that I would ever come back here after 30-some years and find the spot that the home run landed," Aaron said.

Aaron, who broke Babe Ruth's major-league record of 714 homers two years earlier, spoke fondly of Milwaukee, where he played for both the Braves and Brewers and where his 755th homer will be marked by a commemorative plaque. 

Henry Aaron met the media Thursday outside Milwaukee's Miller Park, where his 755th and final home run landed. But baseball's home run king had little to say about Barry Bonds, the controversial slugger trying to break his record.

"I don't have any thoughts about Barry, I don't even know how to spell his name," Aaron quipped.

Aaron, now 74, was playing for the Milwaukee Brewers when he hammered his final homer off Dick Drago in the seventh inning of a 6-2 victory over the California Angels in front of 10,134 fans at County Stadium on July 20, 1976.

The ball landed in the left-field grandstand, which is now the parking lot at Miller Park, the Brewers' ball park since April 6, 2001.

"I never dreamt that I would ever come back here after 30-some years and find the spot that the home run landed," Aaron said.

Aaron, who broke Babe Ruth's major-league record of 714 homers two years earlier, spoke fondly of Milwaukee, where he played for both the Braves and Brewers and where his 755th homer will be marked by a commemorative plaque. 

"You know, when you reach your career like this and when you get to the end, you never know when this is going to be the last one," Aaron said. "And I'm just so happy I was able to hit it here in Milwaukee because I don't think, had it been hit on the road, there would be a plaque somewhere."

Aaron took only a few questions from reporters and bristled when asked about Bonds, who is nine homers shy of Aaron's record, but suspected of using steroids.

Asked if baseball commissioner and long-time friend Bud Selig invited him to attend any celebrations for Bonds, Aaron replied curtly: "I have not spoken to him at all. That is his decision and I am sure he will make the right one."

Aaron refuses to follow Bonds or even advise him as he pursues baseball's most cherished record, which Aaron set from 1954 to 1976.

Aaron averaged .305 lifetime with 3,771 hits, including 755 homers, 2,297 runs batted in, 2,174 runs scored, 240 stolen bases and a .555 slugging percentage in 3,298 games for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves and Brewers.

He was named an all-star in 21 of his 23 MLB seasons, winning three Gold Glove Awards for fielding excellence in right field, two National League batting titles and NL most valuable player honours in 1957.

Bonds, meanwhile, remains the target of a U.S. federal grand jury investigating whether he committed perjury in 2003, when he reportedly testified that he never knowingly used steroids.

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