In Pursuit Of Aaron

Graphic Evidence suggests that Mark McGwire and Ken Griffey Jr. have the upward mobility to overtake Hank Aaron as baseball's career home run leader. Griffey is on the fastest track of all time, and McGwire has climbed astonishingly the last few years. Lest anyone get too caught up in projections, however, let Jimmie Foxx be a cautionary tale. He had 500 homers at age 33 and then fizzled out.

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