Two more MLB hall of famers pass already this year. First Don Sutton now Hamerin Hank RIP.
OT rip Hank Aaron
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Aaron was my favorite growing up along with Eddie Mathews.
Hanks numbers are other worldly. Everyone knows about the homeruns, 755 of them but he also is 3rd in hits at 3771. Thats only 485 less than Pete. He was an All Star 25X, 3 Gold Gloves, won a world series, had a lifetime BA of .305. Per 162 games he only struck out 68 times and stole 240 bases. You can go on and on. I remember him as a player. I remember him breaking Babes record. The man was a machine.
Mr. Aaron is an all-time great . It's a shame that some of his records lost their luster due to the obvious cheating by Bonds. Sure, others used steroids during that era. But, both Bonds and Clemens had such obvious physical changes that led to never before seen LATE CAREER production, when others were either falling apart or retiring. RIP #44
Tied Ruth on opening day in Cincinnati, 1974. Marty Brennamans 1st inning on the radio for the Reds. My grandpa was at the game
RIP Hammerin' Hank!
The cards I remember having back in the day.
The cards I remember having back in the day.
I remember sitting in Sportsman's park in St. Louis watching Hank Aaron hit a home run to dead center, I was about 35 rows up behind the plate and heard the bat break when he hit it. Of course they were the Milwaukee Braves then.
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Take away all 755 Home Runs and he still had over 3,000 hits.
In my opinion he is possibly the greatest ever.
Its easily him or Cobb.
Its easily him or Cobb.
Correct, no steroids or corked bats, he also did some of it before the pitchers mound was lowered some when it was tougher to hit.
Never heard a negative word about the man. First pick for my all-time team.
Johnny Bench's simple words say an awful lot.
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Dont know who, “getting a fastball by him like getting sunup past a rooster”
I wanted to change my name to Henry Hank YardCat when I was growing up in the seventies.
Honored to have had a chance to watch all these old greats of the game, whether baseball, nba, nfl. They all played because they loved the game and loved performing for the fans. They never used their platform to espouse social justice. They just played the game and loved the game. Gosh, how I miss those guys. Hammering Hank, RIP, great player, great man.
