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 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 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.
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'm not thinking about Barry right now. I've answered those questions.
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?
It makes me feel good to walk through there and know that some of the things that Negro League players played for has been preserved, and people can go in there, and look at it.
This is wonderful, no doubt about it. You can tell by the fans that it's catching on and is going to get better and better.
To this day, I don't know how he withstood the things he did without lashing back. I've been through a lot in my time, and I consider myself to be a patient man, but I know I couldn't have done what Jackie did. I don't think anybody else could have done it. Somehow, though, Jackie had the strength to suppress his instincts, to sacrifice his pride for his people.
I think what the commissioner is trying to do is trying to put an end to all of this. I know people have said, 'Where is this investigation going, and what purpose?' But I think he's trying to put an end to it.