Hammerin' Hank

I knew that Henry Louis Aaron went through hell when he approached The Babe's record, but when you heard him say that he'd actually have to think twice about whether it was worth it- his tone left little doubt that it wasn't. The stress of the record alone was enough- ask a guy called Maris. But it was the constant kidnapping and death threats to him and his family that obliterated what should have been the proudest, happiest days of his life. It was the sheer, naked hatred of racism that made it... "the worst two years of my life."