It’s been a tough stretch for baseball in terms of losing all-time greats, as we’ve seen some of the game’s greatest pass away in a short period of time over the last year or so. Perhaps none hit as hard as Hank Aaron, who passed away on Friday. Aaron is, of course, one of the greatest to ever play the game. What strikes me about Aaron’s career is that, as someone who obviously did not see him play, I mostly heard about the home run record growing up. It was never explicitly put this way that I can remember, but it always felt like he was just a good player who played for a long time and that’s how he got the home run record.
MLB Roundup 1/23: Hank Aaron passes away
