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MLB All-Star Game Featured Epic On-Field Tribute to Hank Aaron's 715th Home Run

A 7/15 tribute to Aaron's 715th career homer.

Tim Capurso

The Hank Aaron tribute at the MLB All-Star Game was must-see TV.
The Hank Aaron tribute at the MLB All-Star Game was must-see TV. / Screengrab Twitter @MLBONFOX
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Fifty-one years ago, baseball legend Hank Aaron broke what was thought to be an unbreakable record, belting his 715th career home run to surpass iconic Yankees slugger Babe Ruth for the most career long balls in MLB history at the time.

So with the MLB All-Star Game in Atlanta on Tuesday, July 15—7/15—it was the perfect time for MLB to tribute the late Aaron's monumental achievement.

And the league couldn't have come up with a cooler tribute.

After the bottom of the sixth inning, the lights went out at Truist Park, and fans were transported back in time to April 8, 1974 in hologram form on the field, which was projected with the original broadcast footage of Aaron's home run.

Words don't do it justice.

Fox announcers Joe Davis and John Smoltz, as well as fans on X, greatly enjoyed the tribute.

Making the tribute even better was the fact that Aaron's widow Billye was there to witness it.

Aaron, who passed away in 2021, is widely regarded as one of the best players to ever step onto a baseball diamond. He ranks in the top-five all-time in home runs, hits, runs scored, RBI and total bases.

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Tim Capurso
TIM CAPURSO

Tim Capurso is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Prior to joining SI in November 2023, he wrote for RotoBaller and ClutchPoints, where he was the lead editor for MLB, college football and NFL coverage. A lifelong Yankees and Giants fan, Capurso grew up just outside New York City and now lives near Philadelphia. When he's not writing, he enjoys reading, exercising and spending time with his family, including his three-legged cat Willow, who, unfortunately, is an Eagles fan.

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