April 8, 1974-Hank Aaron's 715th HR (Full NBC-TV Audio With Extant Video)
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[upbeat music] Well, nobody really heard or knew too much about me until I hit number seven twelve, and of course everybody's been following his career r- right around now.
And, uh, I was having a real good year in Houston, but, uh, I really wouldn't get any recognition as far as press or anything like that goes until I hit number seven hundred and twelve, and then everybody started calling me 712 instead of Dave Roberts, so they know who I am now.
When I think of Hank Aaron, I guess I think of respect probably more than anything else.
I respect Hank as much as, uh, any other hitter that I've ever faced.
Horror, and, uh, also seven fourteen, I don't think, uh, any pitcher wants to give it up, and someone's gonna have to.
And I think that the biggest problem with pitchers is that, uh, they've got all this on their mind, and I think there's just as much pressure on the pitchers, probably more, than there is on Aaron really to hit it.
Tremendous hitter and athlete with great ability.
A, a tremendous long ball hitter.
I know for me, he's only hit five home runs off of me, but they've all only been when it counted.
Well, Joe, when I think of Henry Aaron, I think of one of the class men in all of baseball, and a man that I probably never missed a turn against with the Milwaukee Braves and then the Atlanta Braves.
There was a lot of times that I saw that man standing with a bat in his hand.
That's probably why he had so many home runs.
But I'm happy they went that way instead of back through the middle, and seriously, I hope that, uh, Henry gets all the acclaim that's certainly due him, and, uh, he's a great guy.
Infinity.
The first home run I ever gave up in the big league was to Aaron, and I think it's still going.
It's going into infinity somewhere, and I've been trying to figure out a way to keep him from doing it ever since.
Hank Aaron has a wait problem.
He can't wait for the season to start so he can get out there and knock the hell out of a pitch.
[upbeat music] Well, nobody really heard or knew too much about me until I hit number seven twelve, and of course everybody's been following his career r- right around now.
And, uh, I was having a real good year in Houston, but, uh, I really wouldn't get any recognition as far as press or anything like that goes until I hit number seven hundred and twelve, and then everybody started calling me 712 instead of Dave Roberts, so they know who I am now.
When I think of Hank Aaron, I guess I think of respect probably more than anything else.
I respect Hank as much as, uh, any other hitter that I've ever faced.
Horror, and, uh, also seven fourteen, I don't think, uh, any pitcher wants to give it up, and someone's gonna have to.
And I think that the biggest problem with pitchers is that, uh, they've got all this on their mind, and I think there's just as much pressure on the pitchers, probably more, than there is on Aaron really to hit it.
Tremendous hitter and athlete with great ability.
A, a tremendous long ball hitter.
I know for me, he's only hit five home runs off of me, but they've all only been when it counted.
Well, Joe, when I think of Henry Aaron, I think of one of the class men in all of baseball, and a man that I probably never missed a turn against with the Milwaukee Braves and then the Atlanta Braves.
There was a lot of times that I saw that man standing with a bat in his hand.
That's probably why he had so many home runs.
But I'm happy they went that way instead of back through the middle, and seriously, I hope that, uh, Henry gets all the acclaim that's certainly due him, and, uh, he's a great guy.
Infinity.
The first home run I ever gave up in the big league was to Aaron, and I think it's still going.
It's going into infinity somewhere, and I've been trying to figure out a way to keep him from doing it ever since.
Hank Aaron has a wait problem.
He can't wait for the season to start so he can get out there and knock the hell out of a pitch.
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