Topic: Hank Aaron
April 5 is opening day here in Cincinnati. It's spring, even though my son and I have experienced some terrible weather for our trips to the ballpark. I think it was 1984 when we went to see the the Reds and the ...
Lou Gehrig -Lou Gehrig is better known for the record he held until Cal Ripken, Jr. broke it about a decade ago-the consecutive games played streak. Though he only hit 294 homers for his career, Ventura hit 18 of those with the ...
On April 8, 1974, barely into the baseball season?s first week, Henry ?Hank? Aaron broke one of the most cherished baseball records of all time when he drove an Al Downing?s pitch over the left center field fence of Atlanta?s FultonCounty stadium ...
Umpire Satch Davidson, behind the plate for historic homers by Aaron and Fisk, dies at 75Longtime National League umpire Satch Davidson has died at 75.Davidson's family says he died Saturday at his home in Houston. The family did not give a cause ...
Brewers set to unveil Selig statue on Aug. 24 to join Aaron, Yount in Miller Park plazaThe Milwaukee Brewers plan to unveil a statue honoring baseball commissioner and former owner Bud Selig on Aug. 24.Selig's likeness will join those of Hank Aaron ...
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It's the 1974 baseball season that Al Downing is most noted for. As a Yankee in 1964, he led the American League in strikeouts. In the American League, Detroit's Al Kaline wrapped up an outstanding 22-year career by collecting his 3,000th hit ...
For the second straight year, the Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League behind Sandy Koufax, who led the league with 27 wins, a 1.73 ERA, and 317 strikeouts. The Baltimore Orioles -- especially Frank Robinson, the Triple Crown winner and American ...
The 1963 baseball season was the year of southpaw sensation Sandy Koufax. Harmon Killebrew of Minnesota led the American League with 45 homers. The 1963 baseball season was filled with extraordinary performances, including those from Sandy Koufax, Pete Rose, and Luis Aparicio. ...
The 1959 baseball season featured several accomplishments -- and nonaccomplishments -- of note. His American League MVP counterpart, Nellie Fox, led the White Sox to a first-place finish with his .306 batting average. In the first game of the 1959 World Series, ...
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Dodgers Brewers Baseball
Hank Aaron holds a ball that he and Robin Yount signed before ...AP News - -
Hank Aaron Museum Baseball
Mobile, Ala., city councilman John Williams, center, looks on as baseball Hall ...AP News - -
Hank Aaron Museum
Hank Aaron waves as he walks to the front porch of the ...AP News -
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Legends & Legacies: Hank Aaron
WPBF's Angela Rozier talks to baseball legend and former ...2008-05-13 -
Hank Aaron - Mini Bio
A short biography of Hank Aaron, who played 23 years ...2010-01-26 -
David Letterman - Hammerin' Hank Aaron
The baseball legend talks about how the game has changed ...2011-02-24
