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Clubhouse Cancer found this 5/21/2008 on nbcsports.msnbc.com [flag]
MEQUON, Wis. - Henry Aaron may no longer hold the official record for most home runs, but that doesn't seem to matter to him. "I still consider myself the home-run king," he said with a laugh at a news conference before giving the commencement address Saturday at Concordia University. The 74-year-old also received an honorary law degree. Barry Bonds hit 28 homers last year to raise his ... [link]

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I still consider myself the home-run king.
Published 5/21/2008 by Billy Krumb at Clubhouse Cancer
... That was just one of the memorable quotes from Hammerin’ Hank Aaron who gave the commencement speech at Concordia University (WI) last Saturday. ...

Dazed And Confused [MLB Closer]
Published 5/21/2008 by Rick Chandler at Deadspin
... • Aaron: 'I Still Consider Myself The Home Run King.' Even while seriously dissing Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron still manages to sound classy. ...

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