dallaspenn.com

If you feel like reading a really good baseball book go to a library and pick up a copy of GEORGE PLIMPTON’s ‘One For The Record’. This book details HENRY AARON’s life at the end of the 1973 season. AARON ended the season with 713 home runs and his eclipsing the all time mark set by BABE RUTH was a foregone conclusion. The off season was filled with hate mail and death threats directed at AARON. Still he went forward.

I enjoy the book mostly because PLIMPTON’s writing style is filled with details and suspense. I almost get worried that AARON won’t break the record. HENRY AARON’s only respite from supremacy is on the baseball diamond. That is where he reigns supreme and cannot be vanquished. The moment that AARON hit his 715th home run he felt like a weight had been lifted from his shoulders. No matter how many more home runs BARRY BONDS or ALEX RODRIGUEZ or whoever hits for their careers they will never have had to be as courageous as HENRY AARON was.

This entry was posted on Saturday, July 21st, 2007 at 11:32 pm and is filed under No Boutros Boutros... Ghali, Sports are Gay, Straight Laced, When I Reminisce..., Wig Owners. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.