[Rollie]

My favorite ballplayer when growing up. He was with the Milwaukee Braves then.

Rollie

[Stu from NYC]

One of the best ever

[manaboutown]

R I P Hank. We are losing many great athletes whom I loved to watch play.

[DeanFL]

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IMO Hank Aaron IS the Career Home Run CHAMPION. GOAT

No ****astericks**** required.

One of a kind, and a great human being.
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[Taltarzac725]

Hank Aaron - Wikipedia

R.I.P. Hank Aaron.

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

Class act on and off the field RIP

[Hape2Bhr]

Originally Posted by Rollie

My favorite ballplayer when growing up. He was with the Milwaukee Braves then.

Rollie

I was sitting 3rd stool in at the Mohawk Lodge (Weymouth, MA), when he broke Babe Ruth's home run record!

[cswett5234]

You are right, he IS the HR champ, not Bonds. Wife and I went to Cooperstown to the Baseball HOF last summer, they have a great Hank Aaron section set up there, highly recommend going there, took us 2 days to see it all. I still have my 1974 baseball cards that include Mr. Aaron.

RIP

[eweissenbach]

I was a huge fan of hammerin Hank. I bought a Louisville Slugger Hank Aaron model 34” bat that I used for two years in American Legion baseball before I broke it.

[John_W]

In the 80's I lived in Savannah, Georgia I went almost weekly to a Savannah Braves game, the seats were cheap and the beer was cheap. Once at a game about '84 there was maybe 500 people in the stands that held about 5,000, so everyone was sitting far apart. I was about ten rows up from the dugout and about 5 rows in front of me was Hank Aaron for the whole game. He was involved with the Braves minor league players. I didn't bother him and didn't ask for an autograph, I got past those days. It was interesting sitting there watching him watch the game for 9 innings.

[NYJoe77]

As a lifelong Mets fan, I saw Hammerin' Hank on t.v. and in person at Shea Stadium throughout the 60s and 70s. One game my brothers and I went to in 1972 was memorable for watching Aaron in batting practice. Three b.p. pitches and three consecutive blasts into the left field bullpen with that effortless-looking swing of his, using his wrists to power the ball.

A model of consistency and durability: With 755 HRs lifetime, he never had a season where he hit as many as 50.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by NYJoe77

As a lifelong Mets fan, I saw Hammerin' Hank on t.v. and in person at Shea Stadium throughout the 60s and 70s. One game my brothers and I went to in 1972 was memorable for watching Aaron in batting practice. Three b.p. pitches and three consecutive blasts into the left field bullpen with that effortless-looking swing of his, using his wrists to power the ball.

A model of consistency and durability: With 755 HRs lifetime, he never had a season where he hit as many as 50.

He was a model of consistency. Amazing how long he was able to keep it up.

What a shame all the threats he received as he closed in on the HR record.

[camaguey48]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

He was a model of consistency. Amazing how long he was able to keep it up.

What a shame all the threats he received as he closed in on the HR record.

He was a good and decent man. May he rest in peace and enveloped in God's warm and loving embrace.

[Scott O]

Originally Posted by Rollie

My favorite ballplayer when growing up. He was with the Milwaukee Braves then.

Rollie

A sad day indeed, what a legend...RIP.

[HeleneGB]

May his memory be a blessing.