I don't care what the book says Henry Aaron is the HR champ. For me its not a matter of holding on to my youth. Modern day baseball (1995-present) is completely different than the era before. The numbers are different. To me 755 Hrs in Aaron's era (1945-1994) stands as a greater accomplishment than anything in an era when 40 Hrs a year isn't a big occurrence.

I wonder what happened - he could have passed for being in his early 70s as of last October.

IIRC, Ernie Banks died at 83, but he seemed WAY older.

Hank seemed more "active grandpa" and less "declining great grandpa" if that makes sense. I guess things can change in a moment and some people are healthy until the last.

It was so cool that they got Hank, Chipper, Dale Murphy and Terry Pendleton to talk to Freddie over Zoom.

Even if you take all of Aaron's historic 755 home runs away, he STILL would have ended his career with over 3000 hits. That's extraordinary.

I've always bucked for Ted Williams as the greatest hitter who ever lived, but Hank Aaron is not too far off. They both showed up fully-formed at age 20 (though it took Hank a year to really ascend) and terrorized the league every season in which they played for the next two decades.

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It's worth watching this one more time. It was a privilege to be able to watch him play. Power and grace personified.