Hank. I look to you for my ideal of an all around great hall of fame baseball player. Your take on politics shouldn’t even be worthy of being published in any form.
Go shag some balls Hank , you’re way over your head.
Using Hank’s “logic”, he must be a member of the Black Panther Party since I have not heard a peep out of him criticize the knockout game from blacks.
I am 54. Henry Aaron is the REASON I am a baseball fan. All of the excitement created by Hank Aaron’s pursuit of Ruth in 1973 (remember that he fell one short at the end of 1973) made me love baseball, a love that I still have (although, dear Lord, the people who own AND play the game have really tested the love over the years). I rooted for him. I remember Willie Mays’ last year. I rooted for ballplayers for their great skills. I remember Dwight Gooden’s wicked curve ball, Mariano Rivera’s cutter. Ozzie Smithl’s wizardry at shortstop, Roberto Clemente’s cannon (otherwise known as his right arm). Rickey Henderson on the basepaths, Ichiro Suzuki’s bat control. I am a middle age white guy, and many of my baseball heroes have been non-white. Derek Jeeter, Bernie Williams, I loved a punch hitting centerfielder named Elliot Maddox when I was kid. Aaron always stood for class, but he clearly doesn’t have a clue about what he is talking about here. There are racists in all walks of life, but his anti-Obama take is WAY out of line. I detest Obama because everything does is diametrically opposed to everything I believe in. I would feel the same if he was my twin brother. Someone has put bitter thoughts into the mind of a great 80 year old American. Sad.