It was 51 years ago that Tom House caught Hank Aaron’s 715th home run. Now he’s touching all the bases with Broncos quarterback Bo Nix.
House is perhaps best known for being in the bullpen as a Braves relief pitcher and snagging the homer on April 8, 1974, that Aaron slugged in Atlanta to break the baseball record held by Babe Ruth. House later in life became a Major League Baseball pitching coach and is now a throwing mechanics expert, working with pitchers and NFL quarterbacks.
That has brought him in contact with Nix, the Broncos’ second-year man. House, 78, told The Denver Gazette he had his first session with Nix, which lasted three days, in mid-June in Denver. He then returned last weekend to Denver to work with Nix for three more days.
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