Hank Aaron has passed

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Posted: 1/22/2021 11:46:22 AM EDT

Sad news today for baseball fans. He passed away this morning.

Posted: 1/22/2021 11:47:25 AM EDT

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Well damn

Posted: 1/22/2021 11:47:36 AM EDT

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Posted: 1/22/2021 11:48:52 AM EDT

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Link to Atlanta local CBS news

Posted: 1/22/2021 11:50:21 AM EDT

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damn, RIP Hank

Posted: 1/22/2021 11:51:09 AM EDT

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Interesting, he recently had the Covid vaccine. Heard reports of some people dyeing as a result. RIP Hank!

Posted: 1/22/2021 11:52:21 AM EDT

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#ChopOn

Posted: 1/22/2021 11:52:37 AM EDT

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Posted: 1/22/2021 11:53:10 AM EDT

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I never got a chance to see him play in real life because he was in the NL.....would have loved to see him play.

Posted: 1/22/2021 11:53:15 AM EDT

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Hammering Hank!! RIP SIR!

Posted: 1/22/2021 11:53:32 AM EDT

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Watched him pound a few out at Atlanta Stadium in the early 70's. He was a good guy off the field too.

Posted: 1/22/2021 11:54:27 AM EDT

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Hank Aaron on Trump White House: 'There's nobody there I want to see'

Hall of Fame outfielder Hank Aaron said Friday that he supports athletes who use their platform to speak about social and political issues, adding that he would not visit the White House today if he were part of a championship-winning team.

"There’s nobody there I want to see," Aaron said at a ceremony for the "Hank Aaron Champion for Justice Awards" in Atlanta, according toThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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Rest in Piss

Posted: 1/22/2021 11:56:15 AM EDT

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Have this card in a safe

Posted: 1/22/2021 11:56:49 AM EDT

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RIP Hank

Thank you for the memories.

Posted: 1/22/2021 11:57:09 AM EDT

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Posted: 1/22/2021 11:57:32 AM EDT

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RIP

Posted: 1/22/2021 11:57:45 AM EDT

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Awww man. That sucks.

Posted: 1/22/2021 11:59:21 AM EDT

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RIP to a true sports hero. I watched him break Babe's record on the black & white TV in my Dad's den

Do Dads even still have dens these days? ??

Posted: 1/22/2021 12:04:33 PM EDT

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Hank, Don Sutton, and Niekro.

Fuck everything...

Posted: 1/22/2021 12:05:17 PM EDT

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My grandpa was a HUGE baseball fan. My brother's name is Aaron. Everyone on that side of the family calls him Henry.

RIP Hank. 86 ain't a bad run.

Posted: 1/22/2021 12:06:38 PM EDT

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Sad news.

Must have had four of five of these when I was a kid...

Posted: 1/22/2021 12:08:32 PM EDT

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Wow, Sorry to hear... True American Baseball player... RIP...

Posted: 1/22/2021 12:09:58 PM EDT

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He's still my Home Run King

Posted: 1/22/2021 12:12:35 PM EDT

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Holy cow that’s sad.

Posted: 1/22/2021 12:14:21 PM EDT

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So he was a racist at heart like all of the rest. No fucks given.

Posted: 1/22/2021 12:14:56 PM EDT

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Posted: 1/22/2021 12:34:17 PM EDT

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I had some business dealings with him back in the late 90s when he owned some Churches Fried chicken franchises. He was very polite and a pleasure to work during our business interactions.

During that time I played with some big dudes on a men’s B class softball league and a traveling tournament team with pretty much everyone being able to jack 320+ foot homers with ease. So the one thing I noticed about him is he had really thick wrists and muscular forearms which to me was indicative how his genetic build made for a powerful swing. I’m fairly muscular 6’2”/ 210 lbs and his wrists were at least 50% larger than mine.

RIP Hammerin’ Hank!

Posted: 1/22/2021 12:35:13 PM EDT

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He'll die 5 or 6 more times in GD before the day is done.

Posted: 1/22/2021 12:38:40 PM EDT

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RIP Mr. Aaron. Thanks for the memories.

"It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course." - Hank Aaron

Posted: 1/22/2021 12:54:36 PM EDT

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I guess I was like many, we watched several games of his to see him break the Babe Ruth's record.

Posted: 1/22/2021 12:55:38 PM EDT

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Yup........no doubt about it really.

Next is Babe Ruth.

Sad because "Basketball Head" would have possibly been somewhat a contender without the steroids but..........he fucked up bad.

Posted: 1/22/2021 12:59:59 PM EDT

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That sucks. Huge fan of Hank. RIP my friend.

Posted: 1/22/2021 1:00:41 PM EDT

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Yup, one of the heroes of my youth.

Posted: 1/22/2021 1:03:16 PM EDT

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So he was a racist at heart like all of the rest. No fucks given.

Exactly. Not sympathetic to our side. The commies never fail to highlight our perceived negatives, and we turn belly up.

Posted: 1/22/2021 1:05:54 PM EDT

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Fuck, ole Hank was the man when I was a kid.

RIP

Posted: 1/22/2021 1:41:32 PM EDT

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Posted: 1/22/2021 1:54:41 PM EDT

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RIP to a true sports hero. I watched him break Babe's record on the black & white TV in my Dad's den

Do Dads even still have dens these days? ??

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We didn't have a den but I watched it on the B&W also. Saw Hammering Hank punch a homer vs. San Diego at the Fulton County stadium a couple of years before he reached 715, Chief Knockahoma celebrated in grand fashion. That was the first MLB game I attended, I miss the pre PC baseball.

Posted: 1/22/2021 2:09:26 PM EDT

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I never got a chance to see him play in real life because he was in the NL.....would have loved to see him play.

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I saw him play several times at old Crowley Field in Cincinnati.....
RIP,Hank.

Posted: 1/22/2021 2:10:01 PM EDT

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How good a fielder was he???

Posted: 1/22/2021 3:24:49 PM EDT

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Every time I see Lifebuoy soap, I think of Hank and his advertisements.
He made some sort of advertising deal with that company after he set his homerun record.

Posted: 1/22/2021 3:29:15 PM EDT

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RIP

Posted: 1/22/2021 3:39:08 PM EDT

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Hank Aaron on Trump White House: 'There's nobody there I want to see'

Hall of Fame outfielder Hank Aaron said Friday that he supports athletes who use their platform to speak about social and political issues, adding that he would not visit the White House today if he were part of a championship-winning team.

"There’s nobody there I want to see," Aaron said at a ceremony for the "Hank Aaron Champion for Justice Awards" in Atlanta, according toThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Rest in Piss

He wasn’t popular with some around Mobile. At times seemed to be a bitter old man. That said, hopefully he’s in a better place now.