January 22, 20215 yr A sad day for baseball . A great player and more importantly a great person who overcame hatred with dignity and perseverance , the same way he played baseball.
January 22, 20215 yr https://www.mlb.com/braves/news/hank-aaron-baseball-legend-dies I link this because there is a great video with Matt Vasgergian and Harold Reynolds interviewing Bob Kendrick, President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. It is unimaginable for any of us to truly comprehend being in the on deck circle thinking you might get gunned down . Kendrick made point of saying how difficult baseball is under the best of circumstances yet Aaron endured and excelled under the worst of circumstances.
January 23, 20215 yr Holy crap. If you take away all of Hank's homers, he still had more hits than Wade Boggs. Wade is 30th in hits in MLB history.
January 24, 20215 yr I read that Hank played against 22 teams in his career including 19 games against the WS. We are the only team of those 22 that he failed to hit an HR. Thought that was an interesting piece of nostalgia.
January 25, 20215 yr I was watching Tom Verducci and he pointed out that Aaron , who wore #44, hit his record breaking HR against #44 of the Dodgers Al Downing. He also passed away on 1/22/21. 1+ 22 + 21= 44. The Universe , fate, God seem to be paying tribute too .
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.