Sadaharu Oh Watches Henry Aaron Take Batting Practice
Description
A slide of a black-and-white photograph shows Henry Aaron from the waist up in an Atlanta Braves home uniform with jersey number 44 visible. The photograph is from the first base side, near home plate. Aaron has assumed his right-handed batting stance, with both hands on his baseball bat and arms extended, ready to swing. The bat is tilted back behind his head. He is looking intently to his left, watching for the incoming ball. Sadaharu Oh is standing nearby, behind the plate, watching Aaron. Oh is seen from the hips up in a Yomiuri Giants uniform with jersey number 1 visible. A photographer is standing to Oh's left, slightly behind him. The photographer's face is obscured by his camera, which is positioned to capture Aaron's swing. Two people and part of the stadium are in the blurred-out background. The event is part of a home run hitting contest between Aaron and Oh at Korakuen Stadium, Tokyo, Japan, on November 2, 1974.