Famous come to celebrate Aaron’s 75th birthday

[El Supremo]

By PAUL NEWBERRY, AP Sports Writer

ATLANTA (AP)—Barry Bonds trudged back to court to again plead his innocence. Hank Aaron dined alongside a former president on his 75th birthday.

The contrast between the current and former home run kings couldn’t have been more striking.

From Bill Clinton to baseball commissioner Bug Selig, the famous came together Thursday night to celebrate a landmark birthday for “Hammerin’ Hank,” the modest man who hit 755 homers during his Hall of Fame career.

“This means an awful lot to me,” Aaron said after posing for pictures with some of his birthday guests. “It means you tried to carry yourself in such a way that people have respect for you. That’s the most important thing. I don’t try to do anything special. I just try to share whatever I’ve been able to accomplish with other people.”

On the other side of the country, Bonds entered a San Francisco courtroom to plead not guilty to charges he lied when he told a grand jury he never knowingly took performance-enhancing drugs as he was chasing Aaron’s record....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_aaron_at75_5

[El Supremo]

1. Where will Barry Bonds be on his 75th birthday?

Leavenworth (AP) July 24, 2039

Former Steroid Home Run King, Barry Bonds, celebrated both his 75th birthday and another rejection from the Baseball Hall Of Fame today....


(You get the drift.)

[madinmaryland]

2. Someone is missing from those pictures..

*snort*

[Upton]

3. Unfortunately Aaron has tarnished his legacy

by refusing to display the accustomed graciousness when Bonds broke his record. You would think Aaron would have learned something from his own experience when he moved past Ruth.

Bonds- 762

Aaron- 755

[Forkboy]

4. LOL

:crazy:

[madinmaryland]

5. Nice post, cboy!!

:spray:

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BTW, Will Bonds show up when A-Rod breaks his record without any roids????

[Upton]

7. Thanks Pacman

but what makes you think A-Fraud never used steroids?

[madinmaryland]

8. Can you answer my question, cboy?

Will Bonds show up when A-Rod breaks his record without any roids????

:shrug:

[Upton]

10. Several players have accused

A-Fraud of using steroids, particularly when he was with the Rangers....do you doubt it? And if not, how can you pose a question, the basis of which suggests that he will break Bonds' record "without any roids?"

[TZ]

6. AARON has tarnished his legacy?

OMFG..thats the funniest thing I have ever heard...:rofl:

[madinmaryland]

9. Leave it to cboy/upton to come up with that one!

:rofl:

[trumad]

13. I'm 100 percent convinced that Cboy has two user names.

Same writing style---same lunacy.

[Captain Hilts]

11. Good to see Bubba!

[Gemini Cat]

12. A class act

I have a picture of him on my wall, in the number one spot and I'm not a Braves fan! However, I am a fan of Hank Aaron.