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Aaron: Let Bonds Keep Record

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 14, 2009 12:45 PM CST

(Newser) – Maybe you think Bud Selig ought to void Barry Bonds’ chemically-bolstered home run record, but Hank Aaron does not. “I just don’t see how you really can do a thing like that,” the former, and just maybe future, home-run king told Terence Moore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “It belongs to Barry. No matter how we look at it, it’s his record.”

Last week Selig, a good friend of Aaron’s, said he was considering restoring the record—a “wonderful thing” in Moore’s mind—but Aaron says the two have never discussed it. “It would be something that I don’t think the commissioner would like to get involved in,” he said. “There are things out there besides worrying about a home run record. Barry has the record, and I don’t think anybody can change that.”

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Atlanta Braves' Hank Aaron (44) breaks Babe Ruth's record for career home runs as he hits No. 715 off Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Al Downing in this April 8, 1974 file photo. (AP Photo)

Hank Aaron, who hit 755 career home runs in the baseball's majors, listens to tributes to him on the stage during a celebration of his 75th birthday, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Atlanta Braves slugger Hank Aaron rounds the bases after hitting his 715th career home run against the Los Angles Dodgers on April 9, 1974, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/file)

San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds hits his 755th home run on Aug. 4, 2007. (AP Photo/ Chris Park)

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I don’t think any of us ever has walked on hallowed ground, that we never committed anything.
- Hank Aaron

The record was very important to me. It’s probably the most hallowed record out there, as far as I’m concerned, but it’s now in the hands of somebody else. - Hank Aaron

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riffran

Feb 16, 2009 6:53 AM CST

Hank Hank Hank.....yeah buddy....a great one he is....MR AARON a living legend...sorry Barry...nutin personal

Shannonals

Feb 15, 2009 12:36 AM CST

All of the trash going on in the world and the Feds spend so much money going after a baseball legend, when everyone knows 90% of players today are on something

AnnieChrist

Feb 14, 2009 11:31 PM CST

I look at this the same way I look at the heavy weight boxing title: Ali is and will always be the heavy weight champion of the world, regardless of who owns the title at the moment. Same goes for Aaron, he is the homerun king.

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