Babe Ruth

On this date in 1921, Babe Ruth becomes the "Home Run King" by hitting his 137th career home run breaking the record of 136 by Roger Connor.

"If I'd just tried for them dinky singles, I would have batted around .600."

Hank Aaron

On this date in 1974, Hank Aaron hit his 715th career home run breaking Babe Ruth's record.

"I don't want them to forget Babe Ruth, I just want them to remember me."

We do!

(Well there is ONE GUY who is not "down with it" but nobody much cares about him anyway)

Because Barry Bonds was willing to ingest every body-distorting chemical known (and some unknown) to man....

.....Hank Aaron had to be introduced yesterday as "Home Run Royalty" as opposed to the Home Run King.

Isn't that special?

That just SO rolls off the tongue, you know. Sounds REAL natural.

How is that Barry Bonds prosecution going anyway?