Baseball great and Civil Rights activitist Hank Aaron has passed away at 86

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[Laelth]

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-Laelth

[Ferrets are Cool]

4. Hammering Hank

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. Loved watching him back in the day. Then, we only had a couple of games a week, at best...

but, we could listen to the Braves on the radio. He will ALWAYS be the HR leader to me.

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5. Yes. The Milwaukee Braves, and I remember the excitement when he broke Babe Ruth's home run

record

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. Well, I listened to the ATLANTA Braves

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8. Yes, an amazing career and life

[Hoyt]

7. He was my favorite since 1957, even before the Braves moved to Atlanta. And he was a great person.

[still_one]

9. +++ Same here. I wish I still had my baseball cards of him when I was a kid

[Hoyt]

10. Me too. I traded for a bunch of Aaron cards. I loved him on Home Run Derby too.

[MerryBlooms]

15. My husband and I collected baseball and football '56 Topps, our Aaron is an 8.

Beautiful classic sets.

[MerryBlooms]

11. .

[utopian]

12. I had the great honor of meeting him once

In 1979, when I was in high school, athletes didn’t make the mega millions they do today, and so it was that Hank Aaron made an appearance at a Vancouver, Washington appliance store to sign autographs. There were maybe 20-30 people there, not a big crowd at all, and Hank sat at a table chatting amiably and graciously signing publicity stills—he was a total class act. I was in a photography class at the time, and I spent around two hours buzzing around him taking a lot of pics and soaking in the reflected greatness. Since that time, I’ve often looked back and marveled at how this cultural icon had to hustle to make a buck, but I’m glad for the memory.

[still_one]

14. wow!!!

[hlthe2b]

13. Ahh, Hank. A wonderfully long life, but damn, we will miss you.

[still_one]

16. For sure

[BumRushDaShow]

17. A legend has passed

This was truly sad news this morning although I am glad he made it long enough to finally see that the Negro Leagues are going to be recognized by MLB. I know Mobile, AL is in mourning.