NFR RIP Henry Aaron

[Mems]

Hammering Hank! Got to watch him hit one into the bleachers at Wrigley. It was great when he broke the record.

 

[Gyrfalcon21]

Hope Arod is watching and seeing what he threw away. Henry Aaron was class.

Watching #715 live on tv from my grandparents' farmhouse floor (when I was 10) is my greatest sports memory.

 

[jasmillo]

The amazing thing about him is he did it all without drugs !!

He also did it as a black man breaking Babe Ruth’s record in the early 70’s....in the Deep South. I cannot imagine what he and his family were dealing with off the field. They made a movie about how stressful it was for Maris to top Mantles single season record and the garbage he put up with. I imagine that was not even in the same ballpark (excuse the pun) of what Hank Aaron dealt with. Amazing feat. Might be the best hitter ever to play the game.

 

[NukeLDO]

Class act.
As a young kid growing up in the south in the 70s playing little league ball, he was one of my idols.

 

[Richard Olmstead]

So many stars winked out in the Last year. Hammerin’ Hank’s was the brightest!

 

[Porter]

Read that he was in relative good health and got the covid 19 vaccine January 5th....

 

[Gyrfalcon21]