Hank Aaron delivers commencement address at Marquette

TMJ 4 Sunday 20th May, 2012

MILWAUKEE - It's graduation day for students at Marquette University. Baseball legend Hank Aaron was there to send them on their way with words of encouragement. MLB Commissioner and former Milwaukee Brewers owner Bud Selig led his one-time employee to the stage. "He hit home run number 715, breaking Babe Ruth's seemingly untouchable record," Selig told the crowd. The 78-year-old Aaron was given an honorary doctorate Sunday. His wife was also...

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