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The Verified Answer for All-time record setter on 4/8/1974 is:
- HANKAARON
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Hint 1: Clue Explanation
▼It’s Friday, so a clue having to do with a record will come without any more detail (a record in what?). After solving a little bit around this entry, the record-setter becomes apparent — HANK AARON, who hit his 715th home run on April 8, 1974, surpassing Babe Ruth. I thought there might be something out there about Aaron and umpires, given the entry right beneath this one, but couldn’t find video (some interesting “what if” stories, though). This is the call on the record-breaking homer, though, by Vin Scully.