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The article profiles Henry Aaron, a cross-handed hitter for the Atlanta Braves baseball team. He is considered as the greatest cross-handed hitter in the history of the Negro American League. In 1954, he broke an ankle in his rookie year and since then averaged 153 games a season. He has a batting average of .280 and earns 75,000 U.S. dollars. A father of four children, Aaron was born in Down the Bay, an African American district of Mobile, Alabama.

The article discusses the challenges facing American baseball player Henry Aaron. It details how Aaron has been constantly chased by the achievements of baseball legend Babe Ruth. Aaron, one of the first African Americans who played in Major League Baseball (MBL), needed 41 home runs to tie Ruth's 714 homers. The article highlights Aaron's performance in the 1973 MBL season. His statistical accomplishments are also discussed.