To celebrate today's anniversary of Hank Aaron's historic 715th home run on April 8, 1974, here's a related story you've probably never heard.
Ten years to the day after Aaron made history to become the all-time home run champ, he stepped back up to the plate at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium — at age 50 — and blasted another homer to almost the same spot as the record-breaker.
The victim once again: the Dodgers' Al Downing. What are the odds?
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Well, pretty good actually.
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the homer in 1984, Aaron and Downing suited up in their respective teams' uniforms to re-recreate the historic moment.
Watch Aaron take Downing deep again — to nearly the same spot — in this vintage Turner Sports report from Craig Sager.
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The report doesn't say how many tries it took Aaron to launch the anniversary homer, but it doesn't really matter. That he could still hit a baseball 400 feet at age 50 is remarkable enough.
