It's been more than a quarter of a century now since he surpassed baseball's most hallowed record, but Hank Aaron still carries a big stick when it comes to his thoughts on the future of the game.
Aaron, who despite retiring in 1976, still holds the major league career home run record with 755, is in Tokyo this week to attend the festivities surrounding the inaugural Major League Baseball Opening Games in Japan.
For years the topic of a "real" World Series between the major league champions and the Japanese champions has been bandied about with no progress being made on the issue. Aaron believes that the time is right for such a matchup or a baseball World Cup comprising several countries to take place.