The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron (81 page)
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Authors: Howard Bryant
270
He was significant:
interview with Robin Yount.
271
I knew I was better than a .234 hitter:
Hank Aaron, with Lonnie Wheeler,
I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story
(New York: HarperCollins, 1992), p. 285.
272
Without the three-point shot:
interview with George Scott.
273
Only the home run I hit to win the 1957 pennant:
Milwaukee Journal
, July 12, 1976.
274
A Singular Exit:
Milwaukee Journal
, October 4, 1976.
275
There’s something magical about going back:
Aaron,
I Had a Hammer
, p. 286.
276
I didn’t think it bothered Hank:
interview with George Scott.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: DRIFT
277
He was just raging:
interview with Joe Klein.
278
Hate mail and home runs:
interview with Henry Aaron.
279
Bill was farm director when I promoted him:
interview with Ted Turner.
280
We were sitting back in our conference room:
interview with Paul Snyder.
281
He went to spring training:
interview with Carolyn Aaron.
282
Something’s got to be done about it:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
, May 1, 1978.
283
No Place for Aaron With All-Time Stars:
Associated Press, January 3, 1977.
284
Aaron Hammers At Racism:
Minneapolis Star Tribune
, July 30, 1979.
285
When Did “The Hammer”:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
, July 20, 1977.
286
They criticize me when I don’t speak:
interview with Henry Aaron.
287
Any woman who had to go through:
interview with Dusty Baker.
288
Maybe somewhere on the periphery of my personality:
interview with Billye Aaron.
289
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want to be unanimous:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
, July 27, 1979.
290
With all the things I’ve done:
New York Times
, July 30, 1982.
291
I’ve never been able to live down:
interview with Henry Aaron.
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: CARS
292
Henneberry had started out in the business:
interview with Bill Henneberry.
293
We had no car, no beer:
ibid.
294
Still, Selig at the helm meant Henry:
interview with Bud Selig.
295
Hank was the only choice:
interview with Bill Henneberry.
296
Levin was also concerned:
interview with Rich Levin.
297
Bill Clinton traced the roots:
interview with William Jefferson Clinton.
298
Clinton was holding a rally at Georgia Tech:
ibid.
299
Georgia was good to me:
White House transcript of President Clinton’s remarks, at the Democratic National Committee dinner, October 29, 1999.
300
We were in a tough, tough campaign:
interview with William Jefferson Clinton.
301
He was poor and unlearned:
Mobile Register
, May 27, 1998.
302
You never know what it means to me:
interview with Henry Aaron.
303
Both Henry and I had come up:
interview with Billye Aaron.
304
I wouldn’t say that the twenty-fifth was a major success:
interview with Bill Henneberry.
305
I received hundreds of calls to do interviews:
Mobile Register
, October 9, 1998.
306
So, we’re going to meet and sign:
interview with Bill Henneberry.
307
Everybody was going to blame me:
interview with Bud Selig.
308
Hank Aaron Goes To Bat For BMW:
Atlanta Business Journal
, June 1, 1997.
309
There were some black folk:
interview with Allan Tanenbaum.
310
Why was I chosen?:
Black Enterprise
, June 1, 2004.
311
I don’t want to say that all the wounds:
interview with Mike Tollin.
312
The thing about Hank is:
interview with Dusty Baker.
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN:
756
313
Go ask Henry Aaron:
Jim Bunning’s testimony before the House Government Reform Committee, March 17, 2005.
314
Aaron Prefers To Focus On The Positives:
Associated Press, June 15, 2006.
315
The one thing Henry
hated
was cheating:
interview with Ralph Garr.
316
I just don’t want to get involved with conversations:
interview with Henry Aaron.
317
He knows what he did:
interview with Billye Aaron.
318
In fact, I was just going to ask you:
Associated Press, May 14, 2007.
319
The conversation was brief:
interview with Mike Tollin.
320
The discussions proceeded in earnest:
ibid.
321
There’s a heart beating there:
ibid.
322
Susan wouldn’t even let most people finish:
interview with Allan Tanenbaum.
323
Would you at least consider a taping?:
interview with Larry Baer.
324
I remember the moment he hit it:
interview with Dave Sheinin.
325
It’s weird. It cheapened the moment:
ibid.
326
Janie McCauley, a reporter:
interview with Janie McCauley.
327
What was happening is that:
interview with Henry Edwards.
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:
Nordmann, Christopher Andrew.
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