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Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron, the Hall of Fame slugger whose 755 career home runs long stood as baseball's golden mark, has died. He was 86.
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Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron, the Hall of Fame slugger whose 755 career home runs long stood as baseball's golden mark, has died. He was 86.
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Collateral Damage (01-22-2021),jigglepete (01-22-2021),RMNIXON (01-22-2021)
I had the opportunity to see him play at Fenway (no homers unfortunately). Even as young as I was I knew I was witnessing something really special. RIP
carolina73 (01-22-2021),Cotton1 (01-22-2021),RMNIXON (01-22-2021)
Rip
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No steroid Hank is still the HR leader
jigglepete (01-22-2021),Standing Wolf (01-22-2021)
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carolina73 (01-22-2021)
Yep and three weeks ago he took his second shot for Covid. He wanted to inspire black Americans to take it. Otherwise, RIP
Cotton1 (01-22-2021)
I don't follow sports much, but everyone knows who Hank Aaron was. A very special ball player, a true legend.
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Cotton1 (01-22-2021),jigglepete (01-22-2021)
I read somewhere that it was a Hank Aaron home run that inspired the stupid practice (often mischaracterized as a "baseball tradition") of throwing a home run ball hit by the other team back onto the field. A Cubs fan who really disliked Aaron was supposed to have been the first to do it, whereupon other Cubs fans began following suit and then the contagion spread from Wrigley to throughout all of MLB.
Aaron's boyhood home was moved to the grounds of Hank Aaron Stadium in Mobile, and I got to visit it several years ago when the Diamondbacks had their Double-A franchise there. Those who saw him in later years, at autograph shows and events, have said that he was friendly and a gentleman, unlike some players from that era who remain bitter at the disparity between what they made in their playing careers vs. what many players make today - Willy Mays being the foremost example of that.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing. - Robert E. Howard
"Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry