Hank Aaron dies at 86

AP ^ | 1/22/21 | TIM KEPHART

[JonPreston]

Hall of Famer and one-time home run king Atlanta Braves legend Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron passed away this morning at the age of 86, CBS46 has learned. He leaves behind an indelible legacy on and off the baseball diamond.

[JonPreston]

Jan 5 - Hank Aaron gets COVID-19 vaccine to send message

[AU72]

He got the record the old fashioned way.
He didn't cheat.

[dfwgator]

Yikes.

[Biggirl]

RIP/MEMORY ETERNAL HANK AARON.

[Biggirl]

AMEN AND SECOND IT.

[mewzilla]

Godspeed, Mr. Aaron.

[real saxophonist]

Just saw this on the news. I have a family member who played for the Braves, and through him I met Hank and got an autographed baseball. Nice guy.

[commish]

Greatest player I ever had the honor of seeing in person.

He will always be the HOMERUN KING, not the bloated steroid injected fraud.

[AnglePark]

Holy crap — how many MLB players, coaches and hall of famers have we lost in the last year, especially the last six months?! It seems like one passes every week.

[Night Hides Not]

Terrible news...RIP Hank.

[philippa]

I remember watching the night he broke the Babe’s record. RIP to a great player and a great man.

[mewzilla]

No mention of the vaccination in the above article.

Hope to heck the vaccine didn’t do it.

[1Old Pro]

Yep, reminds me of the good old days.

[rainee]

He took the chi com virus vaccine two weeks ago..
Hmmm

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

The gunfighter is gone but the legend remains. RIP

[Night Hides Not]

I can't recall if I ever saw Aaron play in person. For me, the greatest player I ever saw was Willie Mays.

Willie was my first sports hero, my dad took me to many Giants games at Candlestick.

Today's players can't compare to Willie, Hank, and Mickey. Willie hit 660 homeruns, and never weighed more than 210 pounds.

[NohSpinZone]

Hmm, not sure that’ll be the message he wanted to send.

[SkyDancer]

Vaccine killed him.

[Verginius Rufus]

I got to see Hank Aaron play once. Was hoping that he would hit a home run in the game—he didn’t but he did hit a double.

[Pappy Smear]

When I am umpiring Little League games, and some kid is farting around with his batting gloves not getting in the box, I say, “Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron each hit over 700 home runs without batting gloves. Get in the box.”