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Wow, good fun facts lol

That is incredible.

Insane

That’s H. A. Bad Mad

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@@igethighhighhigh Teally a natural swing a true mf leader a when he connected with the baseball it gone u just got kill the ball he did surely he was respected and was steady and what he did didn't get the love that other players got he finally got his respect u know

@@igethighhighhigh Teally a natural swing a true mf leader a when he connected with the baseball it gone u just got kill the ball he did surely he was respected and was steady and what he did didn't get the love that other players got he finally got his respect u know

Yeah too bad he guarded his food and drinks and they still poisoned him

Took a Fricken shot to kill Hammerin Hank Sad

Some pitchers were sitting around discussing how to get out the best hitters. A name would come up, "low and inside." Another name, "slow stuff away." Hank Aaron's name came up, nobody said anything. Finally someone, maybe it was Koufax said, "Make sure no one is on base when he hits it out." Koufax said that he usually had a plan on every hitter on how to get him out. But with Aaron he never figured one out.

Just think about how good of a hitter one would have to be to homer off Koufax

Wow thats really cool man. What a memory

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Yup not many old mlb ⚾ legends left Rip aaron robinson stargell clemente

Willie Mays.

I love Mays, but I also love Aaron, and Hank was simply a better hitter, clearly, and he never made a mistake out there. I believe he had a few errors on his record, but I saw him play a lot of games, especially on television, and the guy was simply the smartest player on the field. He stole plenty of bases, and I never saw him get caught. He was pure excellence, and everybody knew it in real time when he was playing, it's only that he was so low-key. But all the fans and all of his fellow players knew who the best player on the field was, by far, and that was Hank Aaron. Willie made some spectacular plays in the field that some of us will remember forever, such as the catch off of Vic Wertz in the 1954 World Series where he was running straight toward the CF wall, and the one ~1971 at Candlestick Park where he jumped and reached above Bobby Bonds to catch a ball bound to be a HR over the fence, I was actually watching the game live on television when that happened. Willie was a great one, but Hank was more consistent, and more consistently great. Aaron also had a better arm, a great arm. Not that I'm knocking your affection for Willie, not at all. I loved him myself.

@@greggsloate4677 Yeah, they were definitely two of the best!

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Here in mobile, al they are tearing down hank aaron stadoum now... it maies me sick, we didnt have the best baseball team but we had a cool ass name and the last few years the baybears were pretty good. People in mobile,al just dont support the sports teams (mobile mysticks, mobile baysharks/baybears, mobile revelers bball, mobile seahawks arena football. Only the mysticks and baybears lasted longer than 5 years and were top of the league, but our town never supported them even when they were on top smh... we supported the mysticks during the 90s mainstream hockey blowup and the late 90s/early 00s baseball reemergence with the homerun race blowup... its still a shame that hank aaron stadium was chosen to be torn down instead of left vacant and standing with some real history behind it, built on satchell paige dr. Ala the black nolan ryan)

Let’s just say Aaron is the undisputed Home Run King.

alien observer Yes, Aaron played more games, but he has the most home runs. That makes him the Home Run King, by definition. See, I did that without calling you a name. Might want to try that.

alien observer Call it whatever you want; you don’t need to do that. What kind of criteria is this? You might not like it, but Babe’s record fell. What you could have said is that, by my own definition, B Bonds is the record holder. That would be true, but the asterisk there is beyond what I’m willing to accept. So, that’s the fun of talking about these things, yes?

Yep and all natural. Every body should know his story

4:12 makes me so sad that America was like this

So true. As a 9 year old kidI had a Hank Aaron poster in my bedroom (and I'm white). All the white kids in my neighborhood LOVED Aaron. We loved Willie too, but we def loved Hank.

That's how I remember it too. I never knew any racist kids. I used to try to copy Hank Aaron's signature and wrote it every where. I even wore number 44. I'm glad to have lived back then. No matter what they tell you, it was a great time to be a kid. Having nothing only meant that you had to improvise and use your imagination. Beats the crap out of owning a "smart phone" any day...

Yes, the Weekly Reader, thank you for the memory!

Babe ruth had thousands of less at bats than hank .. hank had no where near the home runs ruth had....

No. Bonds is.

@RNE2224U that's not the discussion though. It's at bats and home runs. Hank has no where near the home runs ruth has with the # of at bats ruth had ruth is by far the king. If I hit 8 hrs with 20 at bats and you hit 12hrs with 60 at bats I'm a better hr hitter ..

@RNE2224U babe ruth hit muster homerun

Amen

I 100% agree, It's a shame what the southern deep south democrats did to him

There isn’t a country in existence where a black man could make so much money and attain such prestige playing a sport at that time. It’s a shame how individuals treated him but let’s put things in perspective.

@@zerocool1344 Nice try jackass: Everybody knows that SOUTHERN Democrats of that era were NOT members of the same party as TODAY'S Democrats. THOSE southern Democrats...yes, THOSE racist bastards who were responsible for starting the KKK...switched parties and became REPUBLICANS. They were racist back then - and unfortunately, too many Repugs still are racist today.

Not true these southern democrats like James Eastland and Al Gore sr stayed Democrats.

They gave him a standing ovation after he hit number 715

I agree .....Hank is the epitome of class..he had to play at a hi level facing all kinds of prejudice how he delt with we'll never know ...if he played in NY they would have named streets and buildings after him....

I remember that book, wow nostalgia

Koufax is the greatest pitcher of all time. Hank Aaron is the home run king

Not that difficult off the Mets pitching.

What?

You're joking right? Hank is a legend but what you just stated is absolutely rediculous.

Aaron was my favorite player as a kid until I switched yo Willie Mays. Willie could "do it all". Hank could almost "do it all"

@@wolfencheepclothes9715 What do u mean? What isn't fair? Please explain. If you are talking about Aaron, at bats have nothing to do with the fact he was a career 305 hitter, averaged around 32 homeruns and 100 RBI's every year over 23 years. There is NO arguing that those statistics are incredible. He also averaged a crazy low 68 strike outs a year. For a hitter putting up his kind of power numbers, 68 k's/year is outstanding. The fact that he DID get many plate appearances is a result of how great he was. Staying healthy for all of those years is a rarity. I'm not saying he is the single greatest baseball hitter ever, but he is right up there.

And one more thing....the amount of racist bullshit he had to put up with and still be successful says enough about his greatness

I think the MVP goes to the player who gets a 100 and the extra credit problem on the test. Aaron got 95s year after year after year.... He wasn't flashy and he didn't play in flashy cities either. Mays and Mantle were flashy and they played in NY. And they had some A+ years. Aaron quietly got his high As. Make sense?

@@nicholasschroeder3678 it makes great sense. Makes me think of Rafael Palmeiro. Regardless of the steroid issue, he put up big numbers (288BA--33HR-105RBI 20 year career ave). He He never apparently didn't have a flashy enough season to ever win MVP

@@timnolan4587 Sandy Koufax said that Aaron was his toughest opponent.