Hank Aaron
Hank Aaron
Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron, nicknamed "Hammer", or "Hammerin' Hank", is a retired American Major League Baseballright fielder. He played 21 seasons for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves in the National Leagueand 2 seasons for the Milwaukee Brewers in the American League, from 1954 through 1976. Aaron held the MLB record for career home runs for 33 years, and he still holds several MLB offensive records. He hit 24 or more home runs every year from 1955 through 1973, and is one of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth5 February 1934
CityMobile, AL
CountryUnited States of America
I'm sure glad this isn't my home ball park.
Looking at the ball going over the fence isn't going to help.
I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them.
You may not think you're going to make it. You may want to quit. But if you keep your eye on the ball, you can accomplish anything.
I knew his father very well. And yes, I think I would owe it not only to Barry. I owe it to his father to respect everything that this young man has accomplished.
I hope that these kids are given an opportunity to play, because whatever happened before, they had nothing to do with it. I just hope they have an opportunity to compete. They really deserve to. They have some great ballplayers in Cuba.
I'm not thinking about Barry right now. I've answered those questions.
I want to applaud the commissioner, and I also just want to make sure that whatever we do, we make sure that we clean up baseball.
It took me seventeen years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.
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That's going to be left up to the commissioner and the rules committee. They would probably have to go back and look at some of those things that happened.
That's going to be left up to the commissioner and the rules committee.
Leo, if I'm not calling you, everything's fine. If I'm calling you all the time, something isn't right.
We need to be concerned about young people . . . if we don't protect them, how are we going to protect this country?