Who have I called racist? You might want to relax a bit buddy. We're here to celebrate the life of a true baseball great.

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He invented cancel culture


https://deadspin.com/hank-aaron-sparked ... 1823080138

Interstingly, pimping and bat flipping homers is accepted across more cultures (Asain, Hispanic,Black) than not.

Rogue says its a problem when Tim Anderson does it, but no problem with Javier Baez does the same thing.

Very sad.

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I doubt that

BR is pretty consistent and rips Cubs as much as anyone

Terrible loss.

Massive voice in the game. And probably the best all around player ever.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

I honestly don't give a shit about bat flipping, but let's be honest. It's just a form of taunting. And I don't really believe it's a cultural legacy as the Hank Aaron video shows.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

I would guess that Rogue's reasons for going after Tim Anderson have nothing to do with anything on the field he does.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Relax a bit buddy.
Jump off a bridge.
Yep.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

He's knows what you are thinking. He he'll call you a racist. He's the judge on what is bad or good. Just don't go fishing for goodness sake.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Are you okay?

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Was I supposed to read this as singing a lyric from "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"? I mean an old white guy that knows all and breaks into homes...kinda creepy.

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An unjust law is no law at all--St. Augustine of Hippo

Cause tried and true
I see the light in you
Oh, can you dig in my soul?
Could you smell my whole...
life?--Gener and Deaner

As a kid he WAS home runs. By the time I got to be around him for moments in Atlanta or later for baseball stuff with my son, he primarily became a gentleman with the highest integrity. I'm more than a little sad today.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

I think that was the thing about Henry Aaron. He was a gentleman, but he absolutely exuded the fact that he wasn't going to bullshit you whether you liked it or not. Totally genuine straight shooter.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

Sorta like Ruth, nobody really remembers what an absolute stud he was at the entire game.

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Agree with all of that x 10

I am not quite old enough to remember him, and we have always heard of his bat. Was he a good defender and did he have a good arm?

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2018
#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

And who didn't even get 98% of the HOF votes.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Average defender, good arm but not in the Clemente/Winfield/Ichiro class by any stretch. He played middle infield in the Negro Leagues, and managed to stay in RF until he was 38. In his prime he could play CF once or twice a month.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

When you can hit like he could, that is all he needed to do defensively.

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2018
#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

Great career totals for someone who never hit more than 47 home runs in a season. If you remove that 73 home run season from Bonds Hank Aaron is still no. 1 in home runs. Obviously Bonds was on the juice.

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God is the uncaused cause of the universe. He had no beginning and has no end. He is not bound by the laws of the universe he created.

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Thats why the BBWAA sanctimony over wanting to rescind their votes for Schilling rings so hollow.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Babe Ruth and Honus Wagner only got 95 percent of the vote. The writers had a strange tradition dating back to the first ballot.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

The few times I was around him I was genuinely afraid to talk for fear of stuttering or stammering in awe. My son and his teammates would laugh at that until they realized that their fathers and the major leaguers around were in the same boat

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Stats at Wrigley Field:
179 games, 50 150 337 376 612 988.
Also 12 SB, and only struck out 78 times.

Hank Aaron versus Bob Gibson (.215/.278/.423, 8 HR in 163 ABs)

Hank Aaron versus Sandy Koufax (.362/.431/.647, 7 HR in 116 ABs

I'm sure I saw at least a couple of those homers in person. I know I saw him hit number 727 off Rick Reuschel. I still have the scorecard. Interestingly, there's a guy selling a ticket for August 6, 1974 vs. the Padres claiming that he hit Nos. 727 and 728 in that game. My scorecard from July 7 of that season is marked as 727 and I was pretty meticulous back then. I'm gonna say I was right and this guy has the numbers wrong.

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General Jim wears Fort Bragg down... to get it!

Now that I think about it, maybe mine is marked 722 which could make that guy's numbers right. I'll have to find it and look.

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General Jim wears Fort Bragg down... to get it!

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