and for a little while when that
crowd is roaring, i am eight
years old.
>> when hank aaron hit that
famous home run you called that.
>> yes. >> remember that for us.
what was that like?
>> it was building up all year
long and now here we are in
atlanta and our left-hander
henry aaron is batting against
al downing and you are wondering
but i did not want to prepare
anything. i did not want to think of all
the home runs he hit or how many
against the dodgers.
so when he hit the home run, i
did what i really do best, i
shut up.
and i went back of the booth and
the crowd was roaring it was
magnificent.
and while i stood there it
dawned on me, so when i went
back to the microphone i said.
>> it was a marvelous moment for
moment for atlanta and the state
of georgia and what a marvelous
moment for the country and a the
world. a black man is getting a
standing ovation in the deep
south for breaking a record of
an all-time baseball idol.
>> and to me of all the home