Hideki Matsui has one. So Daisuke Matsuzaka. Now you can add Hank Aaron to the baseball players with faces on an airplane. Delta Airlines unveiled Hank Aaron’s likeness on a plane yesterday at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The plane’s name is the “Hank Aaron 755″.
“I am honored and sometimes you know I pinch myself every now and then to see whether it is real or not,” Aaron said.
Added the 73-year-old Aaron: “I am so thrilled to have an airplane named after me. This is something I never dreamed about. As my mother always said, you’ve come a long ways baby, and enjoy yourself.”
Hat tip to my Uncle Jock for the tip.
Some might say this gives him an excuse to be present when Bonds passes him…
I am pretty sure the plane isn’t actually his.