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Vin Scully's Iconic Call of Hank Aaron's Historic Home Run: "What a Marvelous Moment for the Country"

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As though it was fate, former Los Angeles Dodgers announcerVin Scully was the person who calledHank Aaron's milestone home as he passed Babe Ruth for the most career home runs when he slugged his 715th bomb.

Aaron died Friday. He was 86. The Dodgers were playing Aaron's Atlanta Braves on the evening of April 8, 1974. Aaron, as he detailed in Ken Burns' 1994 documentary,Baseball, said he had received death threats warning he would be hurt or killed if he broke Ruth's record.

He continued to play his best. Scully, no doubt aware of that situation, made clear just how huge a moment it was, not only for baseball, but also for history. "A Black man is getting a standing ovation in the deep South for breaking a record of an all-time baseball.

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