You don’t need me to provide a history lesson on the importance of April 8, 1974 in sports history. All you need to know is on that day, Hank Aaron cemented his place in baseball immortality by hitting his 715th home run — off Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Al Downing — and passed Babe Ruth as MLB’s all-time Home Run King.
Here is a ticket stub from that game, played at Atlanta Stadium.
