AP fileAll-time home run leader Henry Aaron said he will not be in attendance if and when Barry Bonds breaks his record of 755 home runs, the Oakland Tribune reported earlier this week.
"First, I don't like to fly," Aaron told the newspaper. "And if I come, there's going to be some controversy. And if I don't come, there's going to be some controversy."
Bonds, 42, has 734 home runs and could either play next season for his current team, the San Francisco Giants, or another team, perhaps in the American League.
Aaron said he will not publicly accuse or suspect Bonds of taking steroids in the wake of the BALCO scandal and Bonds' remarkable power surge over the past few years.
"I have pride in the record, but records are made to be broken," Aaron told the Tribune. "But the reason I don't want to get involved is everybody is innocent until proven guilty, and we can talk, we can talk, we can talk, but until there's proof, I have no comment."
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