From: davidc@wa-wd.com   
      
   On Wed, 19 Jun 2024 01:40:55 -0000 (UTC), Louis Epstein   
    wrote:   
      
   >The baseball legend who those of us of a certain age   
   >wanted to be the one who broke Babe Ruth's home run record   
   >has died,with the Wikipedes using a statement from the   
   >office of the Commissioner of Baseball as source in   
   >substitution for a CBS News story.   
   >Born May 6th 1931,he died June 18th 2024.   
   >   
   >I saw his 660th and final home run (for the Mets against the   
   >Reds) on live television in 1973.   
   >I suppose with the official historical revisionism that is   
   >no longer his major league career total but I don't know   
   >how many he had with the Birmingham Black Barons.   
   >Of course he missed out on the time he spent in the military   
   >and a time when he was being encouraged by Giants management   
   >to hit inside-the-park hits rather than home runs.   
      
   He was the oldest living Baseball Hall of Famer. That title is now   
   held by Luis Aparicio, 91.   
      
   David Carson   
   --   
   "Death is a part of baseball."   
   "Oh, yeah, the main part."   
   - heard on "The Simpsons"   
      
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