Hank Aaron has passed away

[Randy Shields]

Very, very sad. Yet another loss for baseball and all of sports, but this is a Huge one.....

RIP Mr. Aaron, the TRUE ALL-TIME HR KING!!!

https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2021/01/22/hank-aaron-has-passed-away/

No word yet on his cause of death but this is Hank getting his covid-19 shot just earlier this month..

 

[joey12508]

Sad RIP

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[dano7]

Hate to lose Hank. RIP

 

[chippernate]

Been a horrible month for us in Braves country. Don’t really know what to say

 

[deaconblues63]

Very, very tough one for me.

I still remember coming home from baseball practice and seeing him hit that 715th home run off of Al Downing.


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[Dazed]

Very sad. RIP Mr. Aaron!

I met him at a Tri-Star show years ago and got a baseball signed. The guy standing behind him kept telling him to sign and stop talking so much. He said these people paid their hard earned money and I'll talk to them if I want. After he signed my ball we talked for probably 10 minutes. We were both smiling because the guy behind him was getting mad.

 

[Benbabs]

35 year old braves fan from upstate ny.
Rest In Peace “Hammer”. You were 100% class and perhaps most dignified ballplayer Of all time.This one hurts.
Niekro, and also Sutton recently. (I’m 35 so only knew sutton as braves broadcaster on TBS).

 

[bstanwood]

I don't want to start a debate here, that's not what this is for, but statistically speaking he is arguably the most important baseball player ever. Beyond that he was a great human being, fighting for what's right. His biography "I had a hammer" is amazing if you haven't read it, a sad day for baseball and the nation as a whole.

 

[chippernate]

Very sad. RIP Mr. Aaron!

I met him at a Tri-Star show years ago and got a baseball signed. The guy standing behind him kept telling him to sign and stop talking so much. He said these people paid their hard earned money and I'll talk to them if I want. After he signed my ball we talked for probably 10 minutes. We were both smiling because the guy behind him was getting mad.

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Man that’s awesome, I would have loved to have been able to meet him

 

[gt2590]

The only signed ball I still have. He signed it TTM for my Uncle, a disabled vet.

 

[Randy Shields]

Very sad. RIP Mr. Aaron!

I met him at a Tri-Star show years ago and got a baseball signed. The guy standing behind him kept telling him to sign and stop talking so much. He said these people paid their hard earned money and I'll talk to them if I want. After he signed my ball we talked for probably 10 minutes. We were both smiling because the guy behind him was getting mad.

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That would have been really cool, and comical! Great story!

 

[deaconblues63]

I don't want to start a debate here, that's not what this is for, but statistically speaking he is arguably the most important baseball player ever. Beyond that he was a great human being, fighting for what's right. His biography "I had a hammer" is amazing if you haven't read it, a sad day for baseball and the nation as a whole.

I have an autographed copy of this book. I got it at a book signing in Houston and it is a fantastic read. The vitriol and harassment he endured is unimaginable and that he dealt with it with such dignity and grace in inspiring.

 

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[RNCoyote]

RIP Hammerin' Hank. I own a t-shirt of him

 

[bongo870]

very sad day :-( my only card of his

 

[nosterbor]

I was watching his 715TH with my dad. Thanks for the memories Dad and Hank, RIP both of you.

 

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[Austin]

RlP to such an incredible man and player. Glad he got to live such a long life. I hope today's players can appreciate what he did for the sport.

 

[Pinbreaker]

Here is a unique auto I have of his...

 

[MrMet]

Here is a unique auto I have of his...

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Three days after I was born

Edit to add: the date Aaron references, not the date of the letter


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