ATLANTA — It was nearing midnight in Georgia, magic hour in song and, as it would happen, baseball history. It was March 2, 1974, when Gladys Knight & The Pips won a Grammy and carved a phrase forever into musical amber with “Midnight Train to Georgia.”
Thirty-seven days later, Hank Aaron hit one of the most meaningful home runs in baseball history, No. 715, to pass Babe Ruth as the home run king. In the last hours of Tuesday night in Georgia, in which 715 was honored on 7/15 at the All-Star Game, history seemed to appear out of nowhere.
