Tom House
"I Caught Hank Aaron's 715th HR 4-8-74"
I sent a request to Tom House asking him to tell the story on a baseball about when he caught Hank Aaron's 715th Home Run ball and this is what I received:
"The ball was hit to me right under a Bank of America "Think
of it as $" credit card sign. We had designated 10 yard spaces that were
to be respected"
"The catch got me in the Hall of Fame. (I would never have gotten there
otherwise)."
"Henry said "Thanks kid" when I gave him the ball. He was hugging
his mother & both had tears in their eyets."
"This was the greatest moment of my playing career!"
Click here
for a neat article Tom wrote about the event.
Here is a
video of the home run and catch.