Overview

• MLB used projection mapping at Truist Park to recreate the April 8, 1974, scene from Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium during the sixth inning
• A pyrotechnic blaze launched from home plate marked the moment Aaron surpassed Babe Ruth’s then-record of 714 homers
• Billye Aaron, the Hall of Famer’s widow, stood and waved as a sellout crowd of 41,702 held up cellphone lights in salute
• National League players warmed up in batting practice jerseys emblazoned with Aaron’s No. 44 ahead of the game
• Commissioner Rob Manfred highlighted the Henry Louis Aaron Fund and a Tuskegee University scholarship endowment aimed at expanding opportunities for minority players