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Hank Aaron’s Dignity, Grace Made Baseball Better Game
suntimes.com 1 week, 2 days agoMILWAUKEE , Thirty-six years have passed since Hank Aaron slugged the last of his 755 home runs, a total that stood out as one of the most prestigious, unassailable records in baseball until Barry Bonds surpassed it via means that always will evoke suspicion and disdain. It has been 30 years since Aaron gained first-ballot entry to the Hall of Fame. At 78, he is gray-haired, soft-spoken, slightly stooped and quite a few pounds heavier than his panther-like playing weight of 180. Yet Aaron has come to symbol
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The Bambino A Legend Still, And Forever
MLB.com 2 weeks, 6 days agoBabe Ruth never left. Not after his throat cancer in 1948, and not after Hank Aaron slammed the 715th home run of his career in 1974 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium to make Ruth's "714" just another number.


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