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MarqHusker

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Re: OT: Obituaries Thread
« Reply #476 on: January 22, 2021, 02:16:47 PM »
There were two all star games each year for a period of time in his career.
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« Reply #477 on: January 22, 2021, 03:08:17 PM »
He certainly deserved it,he is a case study on preparation,sportsmanship and staying the course
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Re: OT: Obituaries Thread
« Reply #478 on: January 22, 2021, 04:21:15 PM »
Hank Aaron was a class act through and through.

He's one of a very select group of people that probably deserved to live forever.
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« Reply #479 on: January 23, 2021, 03:23:26 AM »
They say he grew up with his hands reversed on the bat, not knowing any better.  
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« Reply #480 on: January 23, 2021, 09:25:55 AM »
According to Wilbon in 23 seasons Aaron hit 30 or more HRs 8X & 40 or more 7X.In 15 of his 23 seasons hitting between 30-50 HRs and won 2 batting titles also.Excellence & dogged determination got him to the big time and into the Hall not steroids
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Re: OT: Obituaries Thread
« Reply #481 on: January 23, 2021, 09:54:52 AM »
So, Larry King.
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Re: OT: Obituaries Thread
« Reply #482 on: January 23, 2021, 12:45:14 PM »
You can take every HR away from him, and Hank Aaron still had 3,000 hits.
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« Reply #483 on: January 23, 2021, 12:46:43 PM »
It's not just that he still holds the total bases record, but by how much.  The difference between him and 2nd place (Musial) is the same between 2nd and 10th (Yaz). 
That's sick.
And if you're knowledgeable on such things:  19 consecutive seasons of a 140+ OPS+....that's era-neutral, park-neutral.  THAT'S sick.
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Re: OT: Obituaries Thread
« Reply #484 on: January 23, 2021, 01:17:19 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on January 23, 2021, 09:54:52 AM
So, Larry King.
remember when they thought they could replace him with that asshat Piers Morgan?
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« Reply #485 on: January 23, 2021, 01:21:00 PM »
Yep. 
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« Reply #486 on: January 23, 2021, 01:39:49 PM »
never watched Larry King
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« Reply #487 on: January 23, 2021, 01:57:12 PM »
He was reeeeally old for a reeeeally long time.
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Re: OT: Obituaries Thread
« Reply #488 on: January 23, 2021, 01:58:28 PM »
I was a child of the Jim Crowe South and 7 years old when the Braves became the 1st professional sports team in the Deep South. Henry Aaron was the only true hero of my life. It is my opinion he did as much to desegregate the South as MLK did. How the hell is this man less than? Every t-shirt I owned from ages 8-13 had number 44 written on  them. Thankfully, my parents were not racists and did not discourage my Aaron worship.

In 1969 the Braves were swept in 3 in the 1st NL playoff ever but my memory from this is reading where Tom Terrific said every time he closed his eyes the night before the 1st game he could not sleep because all he saw was Bad Henry blasting another ball over the wall.  This was the 1st time I ever knew MLB pitchers all called him Bad Henry instead of Hank.

On GMA this morning, someone did some math and found that in total bases, Aaron is 12 miles ahead of his closest competition and that is 90 feet at a time.

Bon Voyage, Bad Henry and thank you so much.

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« Reply #489 on: January 23, 2021, 04:06:01 PM »
I was born in 1980 and Aaron was basically the HR king to me.  Kids learned that early on, but even when I got older and realized how great Ruth and Mays and all were, none of them had the magic of 755.  

THAT was the number above all others.  The most magical number in all of sports, I'd argue.  So while I was too young for him to ever have been my favorite player and other players laid claim to the (non)consensus best player ever, to me, Aaron was always royalty because of 755.  
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