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Commentary: Say it – Hank Aaron is the real home run champion
One revelation has been missing from the countless tributes to ‘Hammerin’ Hank’: that his steroid-free 755 homers remain an all-time record.
By Kenneth ShoulerSpecial to the New York Daily News
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Hank Aaron’s death last Friday brought forth a steady stream of highlights, respectful reflections and revelations about his baseball career. But one revelation was missing. We waited in vain to see a declarative sentence with just 10 words: Hank Aaron is major league baseball’s all-time home run leader. Those words, whose truth is irrefutable because of his non-cheating record of 755 home runs, were neither spoken nor seen in print. Talk about ignoring the elephant in the room.