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  1.                                 On a rainy April evening in
  2.                                 Atlanta, Georgia, in 1974,
  3.                                 40-year-old Hank Aaron 
  4.                                 stepped into the batter's 
  5.                                 box against Dodger left-
  6. hander Al Downing. Hank was one swing
  7. away from breaking one of the greatest
  8. records in sports -- Babe Ruth's all-time
  9. major league record of 714 career home
  10. runs. The pitcher delivered, and Hank swung
  11. with his powerful wrists. He smacked the
  12. ball into the left field bullpen! It was home
  13. run number 715 for the man nicknamed
  14. ΓÇ£HammerinΓÇÖ Hank."
  15.  
  16. Henry Louis ΓÇ£Hank" Aaron grew up in 
  17. Mobile, Alabama, during a time when
  18. black players were not allowed to play 
  19. in the major leagues. He started his