DENVER — Aaron Judge scored a run in the MLB All-Star Game Tuesday night, yet there’s no way that’s what he’ll remember most about this evening. Before the American League defeated the National League at Coors Field, 5-2, for an eighth straight victory, the Yankees right fielder joined the Braves’ […]
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Hank Aaron navigated baseball’s nasty home run chases with grace: Sherman
How would you have handled it? How would you have reacted to not a hundred or two hundred, but hundreds of thousands of racist letters deriding you, threatening your very life for having the audacity to be talented enough to powerfully hit a baseball better than anyone maybe ever and […]
How he wanted to be remembered
Henry “Hank” Aaron passed away Friday at the age of 86, and from all precincts of America came remembrances and odes to the legacy of the sports and civil rights icon. If the baseball legend were to write the first line of his own obituary, he made clear in his […]
The numbers behind his Hall of Fame career
Hank Aaron’s legendary career went far beyond numbers. But those numbers were incredible. Aaron, who passed away Friday at the age of 86, was one of the most feared hitters in baseball during his 23-year Hall of Fame career. Here are the stats that back that up: 2, 297 RBIs […]
Baseball world reacts to Hank Aaron’s death
The MLB world was crushed by the passing of Hank Aaron at the age of 86 on Friday. The legendary slugger, who passed Babe Ruth as MLB’s home run king, was considered one of the most respected players in the game. There are Hall Of Fame baseball players and then […]
Vintage MLB contracts up for auction, including deals signed by Mantle, Aaron
An auction house is offering 15 vintage Major League Baseball contracts signed by some of the all-time greats. The contracts for sale include deals signed by Mickey Mantle with the New York Yankees in 1953, as well as one inked by Hank Aaron with the Atlanta Braves ahead of his […]
Hank Aaron met en perspective les RH historiques qu’il a atteints il y a 46 ans
Il y a quarante-six 8 avril, Hank Aaron a dépassé Babe Ruth avec son 715e circuit. Et 46 ans plus tard, Aaron attribue le courage et la force de Jackie Robinson lorsqu’il a franchi la barrière des couleurs à Ebbets Field le 15 avril 1947, avec les Brooklyn Dodgers pour […]