From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Cooperstown, N.Y. — He's still the classiest man in the room, just like in his playing days when with quick wrists and amazing grace he chased the ghost of Babe Ruth, chased the greatest record in baseball.
On Saturday, Hank Aaron came back to Cooperstown - where ballplayers are forever young - and reminded a new generation of fans just why he's part of the fabric and history of a game, and a nation.
Thirty-five years after he surpassed the great Ruth to become baseball's all-time home run king, the slugger who once plied his trade with the old Milwaukee Braves and the modern-day Brewers was on hand for the ribbon-cutting of an extraordinary permanent exhibition: "Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream."
In the entire history of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, only two players have been deemed worthy of having permanent exhibitions to detail their careers: Ruth, the larger-than-life figure who brought baseball into a modern slugging era, and now, Aaron, more of an everyman whose consistency in all phases of the game marked a stellar career.
Aaron's 1957 World Series ring he won with the Milwaukee Braves was on display, along with his National League MVP plaque. And so, too, was the shirt, pants, cap and helmet Aaron wore when he hit his 715th while playing with the Atlanta Braves.
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