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Today Is The 37th Anniversary Of Hank Aaron's Home Run Number 715
It may be opening day for the Atlanta Braves, but it's also a day to remember for Braves fans -- the 37th anniversary of Hank Aaron's historic home run number 715, which made him the all-time home run king, passing Babe Ruth. Remember, *IT'S STILL 755. Yes, I'll be wearing that shirt today at the...
Help Hank Aaron in his Fight Against Arthritis
Braves fans have an opportunity to help Hank Aaron raise money for the Arthritis foundataion, and all you have to do is join his Facebook page. First, here is a little back story: Homerun king Hank Aaron struggled with osteoarthritis knee pain for many years after retiring in 1976. However, he has...
LIFE.com features Braves legend Hank Aaron as Guest Editor
Hank Aaron will be the guest editor on Life.com this week. LIFE.com features Hank Aaron, known to many as the greatest living baseball player, as its "Guest Editor" this week, commemorating the anniversary of his last game in the major leagues. . For 23 years, Aaron put up numbers that few...
Graph of the Afternoon: Ruth, Gehrig, Williams, Aaron, Musial
I'm very, very excited by what we can do now with Sean Smith's updated WAR database. The top 300 player index hasn't been updated yet, but I don't need the index to know who 5 of the best players of all time were. For our first look into the golden age of baseball, I picked the top 5 players...
8 Times Hank Aaron Faced Racism: #8, The Managing Incident
This is the final installment of the terrific series by Chris Mays, highlighting several times that Hank Aaron faced racism. These were originally posted on his blog, The 8 Things, and are reprinted here with permission. ***************************** By the time Hank Aaron had established himself...
8 Times Hank Aaron Faced Racism: #7, 715
This is the seventh installment of the terrific series by Chris Mays, highlighting several times that Hank Aaron faced racism. These were originally posted on his blog, The 8 Things, and are reprinted here with permission. ***************************** Everybody loved Babe Ruth. You will be the...
8 Times Hank Aaron Faced Racism: #6, Atlanta
This is the sixth installment of the terrific series by Chris Mays, highlighting several times that Hank Aaron faced racism. These were originally posted on his blog, The 8 Things, and are reprinted here with permission. ***************************** When the Braves first moved to Milwaukee, they...
8 Times Hank Aaron Faced Racism: #5, A Natural Hitter?
This is the fifth installment of the terrific series by Chris Mays, highlighting several times that Hank Aaron faced racism. These were originally posted on his blog, The 8 Things, and are reprinted here with permission. ***************************** One of the most common slurs hurled at...
8 Times Hank Aaron Faced Racism: #4, Major League Rookie
This is the fourth installment of the terrific series by Chris Mays, highlighting several times that Hank Aaron faced racism. These were originally posted on his blog, The 8 Things, and are reprinted here with permission. ***************************** Upon his arrival at the Braves spring...
8 Times Hank Aaron Faced Racism: #3, Integrating the Sally League
Here is the third installmentt of the terrific series by Chris Mays, highlighting several times that Hank Aaron faced racism. These were originally posted on his blog, The 8 Things, and are reprinted here with permission. ***************************** Since Major League Baseball didn't extend any...
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