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I have read that Bowie Kuhn was friends with Babe Ruth and that is the reason he didn't attend. But that is unlikely as Kuhn was in his early 20s when Ruth died.#714, called by Braves announcer Milo Hamilton. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn was conspicuous by his absence from both this game and the one in which Aaron broke the record, an absence Aaron bitterly resented at the time. Who would blame him?
In an interview later in life, Hank Aaron said there were no hard feelings about Kuhn's lack of attendance, at least not in Aaron's mind. He is a class act and is currently a Senior Vice President with the Atlanta Braves (formerly the Milwaukee Braves—remember Eddie Mathews?*)
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* He played for the Braves in all three cities they called home—Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta. That alone should have qualified him for the Hall of Fame, but he made it on his baseball skills. Probably the greatest 3rd baseman to have played the game. His partnership with Hank Aaron (in both Milwaukee and Atlanta) was one of the most feared hitting combinations in MLB. Sadly, Eddie left us at age 70 in 2001.