RIP Hank Aaron

[Moderator1]

Only place I've seen this - but DAMN

 

[Splendid Splinter]

This one hurts. Real bad.

 

[cyclingwriter2]

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[Moderator1]

This story at least gives attribution - to the daughter

Braves legend Hank Aaron dies at age 86, daughter says

 

[Spartan Squad]

No. Jesus, God, No.

 

[User 150927]

RIP

 

[MileHigh]

Jesus Christ damnit. That's a real gut-punch.

RIP.

 

[HappyCurmudgeon]

Oh **** you too 2021.

 

[wicked]

RIP. And may he find much peace after the hell he lived through on this planet for much of his life.

 

[Spartan Squad]

Hat tip to the local Atlanta people for breaking this before the national guys, who still don't have anything up.

 

[Moderator1]

AJC has a story but admits, at least in this version, it has not confirmed the death. I'm sure that will be updated later

Baseball great Henry “Hank” Aaron, 86, passes into history

 

[Scout]

Oh, it’s blowing up my alerts now.

RIP

 

[swingline]

Damn. A titan.

 

[Scout]

 

[Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.]

In 1975, Aaron came back to Milwaukee, this time with the Brewers. Check out the ovation he received at the All-Star Game at County Stadium:



Talk about love (also, if you have three hours and 20 minutes to yourself, watch this game. 70s baseball in all its glory). RIP to a player who retired the year I was born, but who I loved reading about starting from a young age.

 

[Spartan Squad]

MLB.com just started a tribute to Aaron

The Official Site of Major League Baseball

 

[Scout]

Career .300 hitter, three gold gloves, twice led the league in hits...

A lot more than just home runs.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

Courtesy of former Tigers pitcher Bill Slayback and Ernie Harwell

 

[The Big Ragu]

I have the vaguest memory of his 715th home run from when I was young. After I learned how to read I got one of those scholastic books sports biographies about him and I must have read it 100 times. I got to love him even more when I got older -- there was something about the way he carried himself that made him seem like the kind of man I wanted to be. Little known fact about him (or maybe it is well known and I am not aware): He was a vegetarian.

RIP to an icon.

 

[TigerVols]

First time I've been brought to tears by a "celebrity death" since David Bowie.