Passing of Hank Aaron

[rlvaughn]

Braves legend Hank Aaron dies at age 86, daughter says

Aaron won the National League batting title in 1956 and won his only MVP award the following year after hitting 322 and finishing in the top three in all three triple crown batting categories.
He capped his MVP ’57 season by clinching the pennant with a home run in inning 393 in a seven-game World Series victory over the New York Yankees.

After a 23-year career, Aaron retired in 1976 as Major League Baseball’s all-time leader in home runs. He remains the all-time leader in career RBIs, extra base hits and total bases.
Aaron also ranks in the top five in career hits, runs at bat and games played.
The Brewer’s retired Aaron’s No. 44 in 1976. The Braves retired his uniform in 1977.
Aaron was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982 and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002.

 

[Scarlett O.]

(5) Milo Hamilton calls Hank Aaron's historic 715th homer - YouTube

 

[Reformed1689]

Oh wow...

 

[xlsdraw]

He was my childhood sports hero. The only two home runs that I hit in Little League were after eating an O-Henry candy bar before the games.

I was very fortunate, that almost all the Brave games were telecast where I grew up. I got to closely follow the second half of his career.

 

[Reformed1689]

He was my childhood sports hero. The only two home runs that I hit in Little League were after eating an O-Henry candy bar before the games.

I was very fortunate, that almost all the Brave games were telecast where I grew up. I got to closely follow the second half of his career.

And he was better than Barry Bonds could have dreamed of being. He did it without steroids.

 

[777]

now he was a great baseball player but in his retirement, he was very woke:

Hank Aaron says he won't watch NFL because of how Colin Kaepernick was treated | Fox News
Hank Aaron Compares Republicans That Oppose Obama To KKK – CBS Atlanta (cbslocal.com)

but he did set the record so there's that. Sort of looks bad that he made a big whoopdedoo about getting a covid vaccination and died two weeks later: 'Proud' Aaron receives COVID-19 vaccine (mlb.com)

but was 86 years old. RIP.

 

[Tom Bryant]

He was an amazingly brave man who continued to perform in spite of death threats as he drew closer to Babe Ruth's record.

Even if you take away his 755 homers, he would still would have had his 3000 hits.

 

[Benjamin]

Hank Aaron just put out an ad a few days ago showing him getting a vaccination and promoting it, I'm not saying the vaccination killed him, but I'm seeing the anti-vaccers are having a field day with this.

 

[Van]

I am a fan of Major League Baseball, my team (the Angels of LA, or Anaheim or California) has a great player too that did not always play for a great team. MLK said Jackie Robinson started the civil rights movement, but in my opinion Hammering Hank helped it along. I have reached the stage of life where my childhood heroes are passing away. And Abe's instruction rings in my ears, "it is for us the living...."