Records
Interesting thing about baseball records. In some cases, they go unappreciated if they're so astronomical that they never get threatened. Take George Sisler, for example. The guy got 257 hits in 1920, and because so few have come close since, Sisler remains a mystery to most fans. Now that Ichiro is on pace to break a mark set before the creation of television, we start hearing Sisler's name.
By the way, he was known as Gorgeous George, and he was born in Ohio in 1893.
Likewise, Hank Aaron is -- for now --- more famous for hitting No. 715 to break Babe Ruth than he was for his final blast, No. 755. Everybody has seen footage of 715. But how about the last one? That won't become a magic number -- and Aaron won't begin to get the credit he deserves -- until and unless Barry Bonds, who drops hints of retirement every so often, gets near it.