MILWAUKEE -- Hank Aaron was 40 years old and was feeling a bit weary in November 1974. He had just borne the weight of breaking Babe Ruth's all-time record for home runs, part of a trying season in Atlanta that saw Aaron's friend and former teammate Eddie Mathews relieved of his duties as the Braves' manager. Robin Yount was 19 and over the moon. Aaron was coming back to Milwaukee.
"A 19-year-old kid was going to get a chance to play with the home run king," Yount said last month at Brewers On Deck. "It was a pretty big deal for us.