With A-Rod in the news, NYTimes.com today has a fine article on Hank Aaron. Late in his career his annual HR production actually picked up – he had a great off season training regimen I never knew about, and Hank studied pitchers’ release points by looking at them from the bench though one of the tiny air holes on the top of his cap, a nice concentration aid.

I wish Aaron had been a Yankee, I love the guy. He played vs. NYY in my first game at Stadium, in 1958 World Series. Eight Hall of Famers played that day, four from each team (Mantle, Berra, Ford, Enos Slaughter (pinch-hitter) vs. Aaron, Mathews, Spahn, Schoendienst.)