Braves legend Hank Aaron dies at age 86
Legendary Atlanta Brave and Major League Baseball record holder Hank Aaron died Friday at the age of 86.
He will always be my HR king.
Damn you 2021! We lost Hank Aaron.
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He will always be my HR king.
Braves legend Hank Aaron dies at age 86
Legendary Atlanta Brave and Major League Baseball record holder Hank Aaron died Friday at the age of 86.www.wsbtv.com
He will always be my HR king.
I just saw your post. Sad...
Braves legend Hank Aaron dies at age 86
Legendary Atlanta Brave and Major League Baseball record holder Hank Aaron died Friday at the age of 86.
He will always be my HR king.
Truly a great baseball player and even greater gentleman.
Quickest wrists to ever swing a bat. Was always amazed as to how it didn't even look like he was trying.
Wow!! I'm shocked at this one; I mean back on the day after April 8th, 1974, my grandfather went and got me my very first ever kid-sized Atlanta Braves batting helmet 'cause he and I had been watching this in his living room...Braves legend Hank Aaron dies at age 86
Legendary Atlanta Brave and Major League Baseball record holder Hank Aaron died Friday at the age of 86.
He will always be my HR king.
I was 7 years old back in 1974!! Man time sure seems to have flown by quickly from this particular perspective. Gettin' older by the second(s) no doubt!!
Well hey, ya know 7 years ain't that big of a difference here at OUR ages; aren't you single right now??? LOLOLOLOL!!!! Just kidding, Just Kidding!!! Lord knows I don't even come close to your most deserved level of admiration, and not even dreamingly close to your level of beauty!!
But hey, even some of us mid-fifties type guys have such dreams!!
WADR, and by no means did I mean the slightest of insult!
G
Awww you're so sweet @Gaimcock . Yes I am single right now. Have been for quite a while now. Slim pickins in the Columbia area of late.
A brave and noble man. This from the NYT today about Mr. Aaron:
Aaron grew up in Alabama amid rigid segregation and its humiliations, and he faced abuse from the stands while playing in the South as a minor leaguer. Years later, he felt that Braves fans were largely indifferent or hostile to him as he chased Ruth’s record. And the baseball commissioner at the time, Bowie Kuhn, was not present when he hit his historic 715th home run.
All that, and especially the hate mail that besieged him, seared Aaron for years to come.
As the 20th anniversary of his home run feat approached in the early 1990s, he told the sports columnist William C. Rhoden of The New York Times, “April 8, 1974, really led up to turning me off on baseball.”
“It really made me see for the first time a clear picture of what this country is about,” he said. “My kids had to live like they were in prison because of kidnap threats, and I had to live like a pig in a slaughter camp. I had to duck. I had to go out the back door of the ball parks. I had to have a police escort with me all the time. I was getting threatening letters every single day. All of these things have put a bad taste in my mouth, and it won’t go away. They carved a piece of my heart away.”
Aaron grew up in Alabama amid rigid segregation and its humiliations, and he faced abuse from the stands while playing in the South as a minor leaguer. Years later, he felt that Braves fans were largely indifferent or hostile to him as he chased Ruth’s record. And the baseball commissioner at the time, Bowie Kuhn, was not present when he hit his historic 715th home run.
All that, and especially the hate mail that besieged him, seared Aaron for years to come.
As the 20th anniversary of his home run feat approached in the early 1990s, he told the sports columnist William C. Rhoden of The New York Times, “April 8, 1974, really led up to turning me off on baseball.”
“It really made me see for the first time a clear picture of what this country is about,” he said. “My kids had to live like they were in prison because of kidnap threats, and I had to live like a pig in a slaughter camp. I had to duck. I had to go out the back door of the ball parks. I had to have a police escort with me all the time. I was getting threatening letters every single day. All of these things have put a bad taste in my mouth, and it won’t go away. They carved a piece of my heart away.”
Sad news for MLB and all who grew up watching the Braves. Went to Atlanta when I was 14 with a friend and his mother. My friend grew up in Texas and they knew a relief pitcher for SF and we were in the left field bleachers and
was fortunate enough to get homerun ball #646. Juan Marachial was the SF pitcher, 2 hall of famers.
was fortunate enough to get homerun ball #646. Juan Marachial was the SF pitcher, 2 hall of famers.
Same age as me. I loved Hank Aaron also, this is a sad day in the sports world.
Why Thank You BG!! Heck, in regards to commonness and, well, proper/comfortable "fittingness", there doesn't seem to be very many matches here in Charlotte in regards to mine own interest(s).
I mean come on now; a native South Carolinian that grew up in one of the stateline/border counties just below Mecklenberg County (i.e. Charlotte), a DIEHARD GAMECOCK that pretty much now refers to Cola as home that is very, VERY much missed, and well, just as I stated, not many properly nor comfortably fitting "fits" at all up here in "Shahlutt"!!
WADR,
Gaim
LOL. I've come to the conclusion that my perfect match doesn't exist. Of course at nearly 47 I'm pretty set in my ways too. You get to be my age, and you just don't want the drama. Understand, and don't be intimidated by the fact, that I know a lot about baseball (sports in general), know I will drop everything at a moment's notice for my kid, enjoy a dram of whisky in the evenings, and know how to properly tailgate. But it seems that is just too much to ask.
Well, you are way way too attractive to be single I can tell anyone that much!
Braves legend Hank Aaron dies at age 86
Legendary Atlanta Brave and Major League Baseball record holder Hank Aaron died Friday at the age of 86.
He will always be my HR king.
Roger Maris is still my single season HR player.
I had not heard this. When I saw the thread title, it took the breath out of my lungs. Having the Braves move South was an epochal happening for baseball fans in the region. Now we had a team and it was a very good team and Hank Aaron was its leader. I consider him the greatest power hitter if my lifetime, a man of grace and dignity who played the game the right way. He superseded in every way the juice jockeys who followed him.
I personally don't recognize the juiced up guys as holding any records.
You said: "at nearly 47", heck, I'm "at nearly 54" myself!! And in regards to the content of the remainder of your post there, well I gotta tell ya, you pretty much described your's truly here to a tee!!!
Well, accept for the whiskey part that is! Me? Bud-light and/or Mich-light are pretty much the total content of my alcohol choices!! Other than the occasional lime margaritas, well your's truly here simply cannot handle liquor!! And NO I have never even come close to a DUI!! Simply cannot drink a lot of liquor, it just ain't my "thing" so to speak!!
ha, that's probably about the right answer!
Such a complex comparison as the game had changed in so many ways. I did see one comparison once that noted if Ruth had as many ABs as Aaron and hit his career ABs/HR, he would have ended up with over 1000 HRs, which is insane to contemplate. It's purely speculative and an outlandish number, but it makes you wonder what Ruth's numbers would have been with an extra 3900 ABs.
They were both monsters is about all you can say.
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I stick to my Stella, Whisky and Vodka. And the occasional wine. That's it for me.
Just curious here, but do you go to many/any of our basketball (M &/or W, either/or, both??) games?? Just curious. =;-p
Before Covid, I'd go here and there. If the Firm was giving up their tickets, or if friends called to go, or if I decided to go on a random night after work or with Smalls.
I haven't been this season.
Got to see him hit a HR in the Astrodome years ago. What a player he was.Braves legend Hank Aaron dies at age 86
Legendary Atlanta Brave and Major League Baseball record holder Hank Aaron died Friday at the age of 86.
He will always be my HR king.
Kinda OT here, but in regards to "the Firm", and AGAMW this is simply to see whether or not you're at or close to the same "firm" as my Ex-BFH, but if its on Main Str., please tell me its NOT in the building on Main St that's between Washington and Lady St.!!!
Thanx in advance!!
Ruth was one of a kind. Would hit more homers in a season than whole teams would accumulate. Back then the game wasn’t about home runs. It was small ball. Singles,doubles,etc. The baseballs had a softer core. Entire teams wouldn’t hit 50 homers in a season. Ruth hit that many by himself many times
I'm 68 so I remember when the Braves moved to Atlanta. I remember my dad and I driving from Columbia to Atlanta to take in a few games. I remember watching Hank, Eddie Mathews, Pete Rose, etc. play. Losing the Hammer is like taking a piece of my heart out.Braves legend Hank Aaron dies at age 86
Legendary Atlanta Brave and Major League Baseball record holder Hank Aaron died Friday at the age of 86.
He will always be my HR king.
I remember all the road games on TBS with Milo Hamilton behind the mic. Most people won't remember but Larry Munson was on those early broadcasts as well.
Milo and Ernie Johnson. They made listening to the radio delightful !
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