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  1. 01-22-2021, 02:29 PM #1
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    Hank Aaron dead at 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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  3. 01-22-2021, 02:32 PM #2
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    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
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    No steroid Hank is still the HR leader
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    Quote Originally Posted by carolina73 View Post
    No steroid Hank is still the HR leader
    He is to true baseball fans.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jigglepete View Post
    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
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    Quote Originally Posted by carolina73 View Post
    Love the "Spaceman" he was always so fun to watch in the "grapefruit league" I got to buy him a drink when I first moved up to VT 15 years ago. I think I might have voted for him when he ran for office, but I can't remember.

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    Yep and three weeks ago he took his second shot for Covid. He wanted to inspire black Americans to take it. Otherwise, RIP
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    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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    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.
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