Hank Aaron Passes Away

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July 21, 1973: Atlanta Brave Hank Aaron hits a Ken Brett fastball into the left-centerfield stands for a two-run home run during an 8 - 4 loss to the Phillies.
It is career home run number 700 for Aaron, only the second player to reach that milestone, after Babe Ruth.
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Henry Aaron hits a homer in the sixth inning of the All Star game in Atlanta, Ga., July 26, 1972.
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Henry Aaron left this Mobile (Al.) train station a scrawny cross-hand hitting shortstop hoping to make it with the Indianapolis Clowns. At the conclusion of his baseball journey 'Bad Henry' was a baseball legend, 1st ballot Hall of Famer, and the game's Home Run king.
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Hank Aaron and Mickey Mantle sitting in the dugout.
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Hank Aaron talks about hitting cross handed:
Courtesy of ESPN
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Probably didn't matter which bat the Home Run king grabbed.
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Henry Aaron scored 100+ Runs 15x and produced 100+ RBI 11x.
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OTD 1957: Hank Aaron is mobbed after his eleventh-inning homer gave the Milwaukee Braves a 4-2 victory over the Cardinals and the National League pennant.
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Aaron was a 25-time All-Star despite playing in 23 seasons. How? From 1959 to 1962, MLB played two All-Star Games a year because the players wanted more money for the pension fund. Aaron played in 7 of the 8 games during that four-year period and was on the roster for all eight.
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Been said a million times over but take away all of Hank Aaron?s homeruns and he still has over 3000 hits.
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It?s a crime that Hank Aaron only made this much to play Baseball.
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"My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging." ~ Henry Aaron.
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Hammerin' Hank, holding a 45 record of "Move Over Babe (Here Comes Henry)" with lyrics by Ernie Harwell. In fact, Ernie wrote 66 different songs recorded by various artists. He once joked to the Freep, "I have more no-hitters than Nolan Ryan."
#DetroitRoots #HankAaron #Tigers
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https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id...honor-hank-aaron-ceremony-world-series-game-3
Atlanta Braves honor Hank Aaron in ceremony before World Series Game 3.
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Braves won 44 games before the break, 44 after the break, won the world series in the 44th week of the year, and oh, Hank Aaron's uniform number was.........

 

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Milwaukee Braves players, including Hank Aaron listen intently as Ty Cobb talks about hitting, 1957.
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Henry Aaron hit 20+ Home Runs.......in 20 consecutive seasons (1955-1974).
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Ted Williams and Hank Aaron both hit their first HR on the same day(April 23rd) 15 years apart.
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OTD The Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro Leagues sign a 17-year-old infielder named Henry Aaron, November 20, 1951.
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Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron.
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