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One of the all-time baseball greats. Braves legend Hank Aaron dies at age 86, daughter says ATLANTA He is the one man that Muhammad Ali said he idolized more than myself. He became known to the world as Hammerin Hank. Legendary Atlanta Brave and Major League Baseball record holder Hank Aaron died Friday at the age of 86, according to Aarons daughter. Born in Mobile, Alabama, on Feb. 5, 1934, Henry Louis Aaron was one of eight children born to Herbert and Estella Aaron. We will have continuing coverage of the legends impact in Georgia and history, throughout the day on Channel 2 Action News His family was so poor they could not afford baseball equipment, so he began honing his baseball skill by hitting bottle caps with sticks. https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/braves-legend-hank-aaron-dies-age-86-according-former-city-official/JXDCLYDFFVHNPC2KRNX2KBKIEM/
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Jan 22, 2021 16:52
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https://twitter.com/nojockstrap/status/1352643746412769280 king poo poo
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Jan 22, 2021 17:05
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It absolutely blew my mind when I first learned Aaron set the HR record without ever hitting 50 in a season (and only 45+ twice). Like as a kid I had a mental framework in mind for what kind of hitter this mysterious home run king "Hank Aaron" must have been and he was so much more complete and consistent than little kid me ever imagined. RIP
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Jan 22, 2021 17:21
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drat rip to a legend
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Jan 22, 2021 17:22
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Dutchy posted:It absolutely blew my mind when I first learned Aaron set the HR record without ever hitting 50 in a season (and only 45+ twice). Like as a kid I had a mental framework in mind for what kind of hitter this mysterious home run king "Hank Aaron" must have been and he was so much more complete and consistent than little kid me ever imagined. RIP Unless I'm reading this wrong Hank Aaron was younger when he hit 755 than Barry was when he hit 756  Although Barry did miss a lot of time late in his career
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Jan 22, 2021 17:33
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Intruder posted:Unless I'm reading this wrong Hank Aaron was younger when he hit 755 than Barry was when he hit 756 I don't know the answer to the age question, but here are some stat comparisons between the two (knowing that Bonds was on "the clear" for a portion of his career): Games Barry Bonds 2,986 Hank Aaron 3,298 images At Bats Barry Bonds 9,847 Hank Aaron 12,364 images Plate Appearances Barry Bonds 12,606 Hank Aaron 13,941 images Batting Average Barry Bonds .298 Hank Aaron .305 images Home Runs Barry Bonds 762 (Record) images Hank Aaron 755 RBIs Barry Bonds 1,996 Hank Aaron 2,297 (Record) images Hits Barry Bonds 2,935 Hank Aaron 3,771 images Runs Barry Bonds 2,227 images Hank Aaron 2,174 Stolen Bases Barry Bonds 514 images Hank Aaron 240 Doubles Barry Bonds 601 Hank Aaron 624 images Triples Barry Bonds 77 Hank Aaron 98 images On Base Percentage Barry Bonds .444 images Hank Aaron .374 Slugging Percentage Barry Bonds .607 images Hank Aaron .555 On-Base + Slugging Percentage Barry Bonds 1.051 images Hank Aaron .928 Walks Barry Bonds 2,558 (Record) images Hank Aaron 1,402 WAR Barry Bonds 162.4 images Hank Aaron 142.6
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Jan 22, 2021 17:41
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Intruder posted:Unless I'm reading this wrong Hank Aaron was younger when he hit 755 than Barry was when he hit 756 yeah checking Aaron's B-R page and his prime was like 19 loving years long. from 1955-1973: .312/.380/.574, 162 OPS+. probably his worst season in that stretch he hit 44 home runs. what a god.
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Jan 22, 2021 17:46
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A few calls. Braves' announcer Milo Hamilton on 715: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNZl6HN5c-0 Vin Scully: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjqYThEVoSQ Curt Gowdy on the national broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YesbJSETiI 714: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCxe_NeNZFI The Braves wanted Aaron to tie and set the record at home and were going to sit him until then. But baseball's brass intervened and refused to allow it, setting him up to crack this off Jack Billingham at Riverfront Stadium.
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Jan 22, 2021 18:13
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My favorite Hank Aaron story was that he used his Home Run Derby tv show winnings to buy his dad a grocery store.
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Jan 22, 2021 18:26
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Dutchy posted:checking Aaron's B-R page and his prime was like 19 loving years long. I always think of him as a 70s player, because that's when he set his record. But, no, turns out he played for forever. poo poo, I'd expect someone that played 23 good seasons to hold some sort of record.
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Jan 22, 2021 18:47
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who were those two dudes that ran to catch up with him? did they jump on the field?
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Jan 22, 2021 18:51
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This is a sad day for baseball. Hammerin Hank
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Jan 22, 2021 18:53
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The Walrus posted:who were those two dudes that ran to catch up with him? did they jump on the field? Britt Gaston and Cliff Courtenay. They were two fans who were caught up in the moment. Both were arrested and released. Aaron met up with them a few years ago. e: Sports Illustrated catching up with people in the stadium Sports Illustrated posted:"I think they made some announcements [like], If there's any funny business, people are going to jail," Courtenay says. "We must have missed those." When Aaron made contact, they leaped over the tarp and onto the field even before they realized the ball was gone. "That would've been embarrassing if it'd hit the wall," he says. RC and Moon Pie fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Jan 22, 2021 |
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Jan 22, 2021 19:14
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Hank Aaron's BBR page is insane, look at his numbers when he was 39!
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Jan 22, 2021 19:25
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Hank
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Jan 22, 2021 20:25
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Some nuclear hot takes in the GBS threadHalloween Liker posted:I think he existed within racism, right. Overcome?
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Jan 22, 2021 20:39
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rest in peace.. thank you for the birthday card.
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Jan 22, 2021 22:48
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I. M. Gei posted:Some nuclear hot takes in the GBS thread Thnx for sharing
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Jan 22, 2021 23:03
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Dutchy posted:yeah EDIT: Zero full seasons below 4.0 Offensive WAR out of his first nineteen in Major League Baseball
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Jan 22, 2021 23:15
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Hank Aaron had 6,856 total bases. #2 is Stan Musial, with 6,134. That is twelve loving miles more bases than the #2 guy of all time. RIP to a deity.
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Jan 23, 2021 00:18
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Carter gonna outlive everybody, except Betty White and Keith Richards. https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1352670896301989891
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Jan 23, 2021 02:41
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Glad that era is gone (except for the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, etc.) https://twitter.com/schwarz/status/1352662189639938048
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Jan 23, 2021 03:03
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One of the realest to ever do it, an all time great.
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Jan 23, 2021 04:43
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Jan 23, 2021 05:02
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I didn't realize Hank was such a good contact hitter. He came pretty drat close to catching Cobb (about 350 hits), if he could have had one more elite season before his trail off, it might have been worth hanging on for. Apparently he was a free swinger but was a GREAT bad ball hitter. You might as well smash every record possible if the team is gonna fail to build around you, and I don't think he ever made a WS, unfortunately.
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Jan 23, 2021 13:39
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El Gallinero Gros posted:You might as well smash every record possible if the team is gonna fail to build around you, and I don't think he ever made a WS, unfortunately. He won it in '57 with the Milwaukee Braves.
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Jan 23, 2021 18:23
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El Gallinero Gros posted:You might as well smash every record possible if the team is gonna fail to build around you, and I don't think he ever made a WS, unfortunately. Doctor Teeth posted:He won it in '57 with the Milwaukee Braves. And the Braves lost the WS in 1958. The 1955, 1956, 1959 and 1960 teams were 2nd in the NL but, of course, no postseason. Aaron's best team in Atlanta was 1969, but they ran into the Mets juggernaut that year and were swept in the NLCS. Milwaukee and Atlanta were at least competitive for nearly all of his run. The Braves didn't fall off the cliff until Aaron was gone. Milwaukee was absolutely loaded in some of those years. Eddie Mathews was unbelievable. Joe Torre, Felipe Alou, Rico Carty, Warren Spahn and Johnny Sain were on many of the rosters.
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Jan 23, 2021 22:39
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CocoaNuts posted:Glad that era is gone (except for the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, etc.)
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Jan 24, 2021 20:41
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Presto posted:About 10 or 15 years ago the Smithsonian American history museum had a baseball exhibit, and they had some of Hank's hate mail on display, and it was something else let me tell you. It's really disturbing that any MFers would be so bent on hatred.
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One of the unique things about Aaron is that, even though he's a counting-stat god, he didn't really care all that much personally about breaking recordsI mean, obviously it was a huge deal for that a black man was eclipsing one of the all-time great white sports heroes in a sport and country that had been segregated in everyone's living memory, and he was deeply aware of how that significance attached itself to him, but for his own part he was just concerned with playing the game to his full potential, and thought others should strive to do the same.Presto posted:About 10 or 15 years ago the Smithsonian American history museum had a baseball exhibit, and they had some of Hank's hate mail on display, and it was something else let me tell you. They have a few on permanent display in Cooperstown as well.
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