After over six decades of friendship, Bud Selig said goodbye to Hall of Famer Hank Aaron, who passed away at 86 on Friday.
The Commissioner Emeritus released a statement in memory of a beacon of civil rights and one of the greatest baseball legends. Selig said he and his wife, Sue, are "terribly saddened and heartbroken" by the news that broke on Friday morning.
“Besides being one of the greatest baseball players of all time, Hank was a wonderful and dear person and a wonderful and dear friend," Selig wrote in a statement.