Upon hearing the news of Hank Aaron’s death at the age of 86 on Friday, we went searching in FBB’s archive for any Aaron-related stories we could find, and came up with a couple old-ish anecdotes worth sharing.
Some of the stories come from the player who was on deck in Atlanta, Georgia when Aaron hit his historic 715th home run and passed Babe Ruth on the list of Major League Baseball’s all-time home run leaders, Dusty Baker, and others come from another one-time Nationals’ skipper, Davey Johnson, who was teammates with Aaron in 1974-75 with the Braves.