Ruth hasn't been the HR champ for over 30 years and people still talk about him in the pantheon of great players. Aaron passing Ruth didn't make Ruth any less great. Numbers and records are nice but "real baseball fans" know how difficult it is to compare players in different eras and will take into account things like no black players and steroids. You go ahead and fight your fight, but to me nothing Barry does can take away from the greatness of the guys who came before. Including Aaron.