THE FIRST 13 SECONDS ARE SILENT EXEEE ESTABLISHING SHOTS AT NEWS CONFREEEE CONFERENCE. AARON ANNOUNCED THAT NEXT YEAR WOULD BE HIS LAST YEAR IN BASEBALL AND THAT HE WAS NOT INTERESTED IN MANAGING. AARON SAID THAT HE'S GOING TO TRY HARD THIS COMING SEASON TO BETTER THE IMMORTAL BABE RUTH'S ALL TIME RECORD OF 714 HOME RUNS.



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Background: AT A NEW YORK NEWS CONFERENCE HANK AARON AHMEEE ANNOUNCED THAT HE HASEEE HAD SIGNED A ONE MIILEEE MILLION DOLLAR. FIVE YEAR ENDORSEMENT DEAL WITH THE MAGNOVAX ELECTRONICS CORPORATION. HE ALSO TOOK THE THE OCCASSION TO TALK ABOUT HIS FUTURE BASEBALL PLANS...

For the past several years, Hank Aaron has been saving that he, and other black sports figures, have not been getting endorsement opportunities the say some white stars have.

(vo) all that changed today. At a new york news conference, aaron announced that he had signed a one million dollar, five year endorcement deal with an electronics company. He also took the occasion to talk about his future baseballs plans...