THE GREATEST HOME RUN KING
BARRY BONDS IS THE NEW HOME RUN KING TODAY
NO ONE IN THE MAJORS HAS PUT MORE AWAY
HANK AARON’S LIFETIME RECORD IS SURPASSED
BUT NO ONE CAN SURPASS HANK AARON’S CLASS
HANK HIT HOMERS THE
TO LEFT FIELD, RIGHT FIELD AND STRAIGHT AWAY
WHAT WOULD BARRY DO IF HE PLAYED IN HANK’S DAY?
WOULD HE
WHO’S THE GREATEST HOME RUN KING?
HOW CAN ONE TRULY MEASURE SUCH A THING?
DIFFERENT TIMES, ERAS, PARKS, RULES AND MORE
DIFFERENT TRAINING AND THE WAY TEAMS TOUR
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ALL THINGS CONSIDERED WHO WOULD TRULY BE
THE GREATEST HOME RUN KING IN HISTORY?
BARRY, BABE, HANK, JOSH OR OH TAKE YOUR PICK
GIVEN HIS MIGHTY HOMERS SOME SAY THE MICK
BABE RUTH PITCHED YEARS MOWING DOWN THE SIDE
HE HAD FEWER CHANCES TO BELT THE OLD HORSEHIDE
BABE HIT MORE HOMERS THAN TEAMS IN HIS ERA
THE T-REX OF HIS TIME HE WAS A HOME RUN TERROR
BARRY’S HIT MORE HOMERS THAN ANYONE YOU KNOW
EXCEPT JOSH GIBSON AND SADAHARU OH
JOSH WAS BARRED FROM THE MAJORS BECAUSE OF HIS SKIN
WITH MORE THAN EIGHT HUNDRED HOMERS IS HE THE KINGPIN?
OH PLAYED BIG TIME BALL IN THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN
HE SMASHED MANY MORE HOMERS THAN ANYONE
OH THOUGH IS NOT IN THE HALL OF FAME
WITH EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTYEIGHT HOMERS THAT’S A SHAME!
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WHO’S THE GREATEST HOME RUN KING OF ALL?
TAKE YOUR PICK FANS, IT’S REALLY YOUR CALL!
Joe Pickering Jr. Songwriter King of the Road Music BMI Copyright owner C 2007