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Title: RIP Hank Aaron, dead at 86
Post by: kevinb1994 on January 22, 2021, 11:16:06 AM
https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/trending/baseball-legend-hank-aaron-dead-86/F5OZOV5STFAEPBGG5YETJ3D3HM/ (https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/trending/baseball-legend-hank-aaron-dead-86/F5OZOV5STFAEPBGG5YETJ3D3HM/)

RIP, Hank.
Title: Re: RIP Hank Aaron, dead at 86
Post by: Alps on January 22, 2021, 03:18:14 PM
The true home run champion.
Title: Re: RIP Hank Aaron, dead at 86
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on January 22, 2021, 03:31:09 PM
Ugh, we're losing a lot of sports legends lately. And this comes almost one year after we lost Kobe Bryant.
Title: Re: RIP Hank Aaron, dead at 86
Post by: Stephane Dumas on January 22, 2021, 03:54:46 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on January 22, 2021, 03:31:09 PM
Ugh, we're losing a lot of sports legends lately. And this comes almost one year after we lost Kobe Bryant.

And a couple of days after Tommy Lasorda and Don Sutton. :(
Title: Re: RIP Hank Aaron, dead at 86
Post by: hbelkins on January 22, 2021, 07:49:02 PM
Listened to him hit number 714 against the Cincinnati Reds. This was right after the huge 1974 tornado outbreak, power had gone off at school, and we were dismissed early and sent home. It was an afternoon game at Riverfront Stadium and we listened on a transistor radio tuned to 700 AM, WLW.

Then I saw him hit 715 on television the following Monday night.
Title: Re: RIP Hank Aaron, dead at 86
Post by: jakeroot on January 22, 2021, 08:44:57 PM
My family and I were joking that Hank Aaron pulled an Abe Vigoda: he was still alive!?!

RIP to a legend. Never saw him play, but certainly would have loved to.
Title: Re: RIP Hank Aaron, dead at 86
Post by: briantroutman on January 22, 2021, 08:46:02 PM
By chance, the Recent Posts block had "RIP Hank Aaron"  on a line adjacent to "Streets that change spelling" –and in a moment's glance, my mind read "RIP Aaron Spelling" . And I thought: Isn't he already dead?
Title: Re: RIP Hank Aaron, dead at 86
Post by: hbelkins on January 23, 2021, 11:47:57 AM
Quote from: Alps on January 22, 2021, 03:18:14 PM
The true home run champion.

Concur.
Title: Re: RIP Hank Aaron, dead at 86
Post by: triplemultiplex on January 25, 2021, 07:03:21 PM
Yes, the untainted home run champ.  RIP, man.

https://youtu.be/QjqYThEVoSQ