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  • bigdcardsbigdcards Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭
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  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
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    STAY HEALTHY!

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  • dennis07dennis07 Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭
    For me it is still the greatest sports moment of all-time.
    Collecting 1970 Topps baseball
  • PSASAPPSASAP Posts: 2,284 ✭✭✭
    Trivia question: who caught Aaron's home run?
  • edmundfitzgeraldedmundfitzgerald Posts: 4,306 ✭✭
    I watched it live. I think it was Monday night baseball with Howard and gang ?

    Braves bullpen player caught the ball. Can't remember his name.

    1980 Miracle on Ice has this moment beat.
  • dennis07dennis07 Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭
    Tom House caught it.

    "I watched it live. I think it was Monday night baseball with Howard and gang ?"

    I watched it live, too. Thanks goodness ( for me anyway) that Cosell wasn't involved.
    It was Curt Gowdy for NBC Sports. (It was a special TV broadcast because of the significance of the game).
    The homerun was also called on radio by Braves announcer Milo Hamilton (has he retired yet?) and Vin Scully for the Dodgers broadcast.

    Go to this sight to listen to all of the calls. Goose bumps guaranteed.
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  • maddux69maddux69 Posts: 2,167 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sportscenter had him on the phone for an interview today and it was quite insightful into what hurdles he has faced in his career. He has kept mail from his earlier years as a reminder and spoke of how much hate they contained. It is good to hear him and doing well since his accident earlier in the year.
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  • edmundfitzgeraldedmundfitzgerald Posts: 4,306 ✭✭
    I believe many people would have disliked Hank Aaron if he were white.

    Babe Ruth was the NY Yankee and Major League all time home run king.

    Anyone replacing a Yankee (they were the country's most popular team at the time) on top of the Home Run King list was
    not going to be well received.

    Being that he was black only made it worse.

    Kind of sad that he kept all those horrible letters. History has taught us that there will always be screwballs in society.
    Not so sure why he'd want to keep hate letters from screwballs.
  • PSASAPPSASAP Posts: 2,284 ✭✭✭
    President #44 probably gets his share of hate mail, but the kooks have to be more careful now, what with technology and all.
  • mcolney1mcolney1 Posts: 990 ✭✭✭
    Hank Aaron was treated horribly, inhumanely and illegally. He publicly endured the greatest stain in America's short history. And yet, he has come out as one of the greatest people and sports stars of all times. When I see and hear him speak the wounds of oppression can still be heard in his voice. Anyone who lived through those times and supported Jim Crow should always carry some shame.

    I had no clue about what The Hammer went through as I watched number 715 fall in the hands of future Mariner Tom House. I thought he was always a hero and beloved by all. Ah, to be an innocent child!
    Collecting Topps, Philadelphia and Kellogg's from 1964-1989
  • aanewportaanewport Posts: 45 ✭
    Random trivia - who was the opposing team's first baseman for both Aaron's 715th HR and Pete Rose's 4192nd hit?
  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,119 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Random trivia - who was the opposing team's first baseman for both Aaron's 715th HR and Pete Rose's 4192nd hit? >>



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  • aanewportaanewport Posts: 45 ✭
    Correct, was a huge Garvey fan growing up and always thought that was cool
  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    I always remember the fan running from behind when Aaron was coming to home plate.
  • psychumppsychump Posts: 1,378 ✭✭✭
    April 8th 1986!

    The Thrill vs. No-No

    Wow!
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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,782 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Hank Aaron was treated horribly, inhumanely and illegally. He publicly endured the greatest stain in America's short history. And yet, he has come out as one of the greatest people and sports stars of all times. When I see and hear him speak the wounds of oppression can still be heard in his voice. Anyone who lived through those times and supported Jim Crow should always carry some shame.

    I had no clue about what The Hammer went through as I watched number 715 fall in the hands of future Mariner Tom House. I thought he was always a hero and beloved by all. Ah, to be an innocent child! >>



    Well stated. The racist treatment he received during his chase, and not only from a few screwballs, either, was a monumental embarrassment.


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  • fiveninerfiveniner Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭
    Was a landmark that really excited me.
    Tony(AN ANGEL WATCHES OVER ME)
  • MikeyPMikeyP Posts: 990 ✭✭✭
    It was great to see Hank Aaron honored last night before the Mets game started. I tuned in just to see it. His brief tribute to his wife was very thoughtful. Sometimes we forget that we are not the only ones who feel the pressure of the difficulties that we face. God bless him.
    "Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood."
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