@@Z_Victory_Z That's not what happened at all. Aaron died in the most peaceful way possible -- in his sleep. The covid shot had nothing to do with it. But keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel good about not believing in science and medicine.
I think he also played an equal amount of games at first base and in right field. The six-fingered glove was designed specifically for his playing both positions.
Well, what Aaron didn't mention was that when he got his 3000th hit on May 17, 1970, he was only the 9th man in baseball history to have done it. The last guy to do it before Hank was Stan Musial.... on May 13, 1958. And by 1970, Musial was the only living member of the 3,000-hit club. So that was a very big deal, back then and Stan was frequently mentioned as Aaron approached 3,000. Willie Mays, who came into the league 3 years before Aaron--but missed time for military service--became the 10th all-time member--and 3rd living member--of the club two months later, on July 18, 1970, when he got his 300th hit. 3,000 hits is not quite the attention-getter that it used to be. When Albert Pujols got his 3,000th hit on May 4, 2018 he became the 32nd member of the club.
I was listening to Hank Aaron saying he always hit the ball just enough to go over the fence so the pitcher will think I almost got him. Hank Aaron also said he never showed up a pitcher. Respectful Man!!
That really is such an...almost incomprehensible stat; if you took away all of Hank's 755 HR, he'd still have 3,000 hits. That's just...I don't have words for that kind of thing. He was incredible. God rest his soul.
I do: Wayne Gretzky. Take away all of Wayne's goals and he's STILL the all time points leader in the NHL. STILL. In 2024, that record still stands. To me, Hank is the closest thing we've had to Wayne in terms of greatness over time, and probably better overall.
What are you expecting to hear? The only players better than Musial are the very best of all time, Ted Williams, Babe Ruth, and not many more to be honest.
@@franzschubert10 my Dad saw him play when the Cardinals came to Crosley , and he always said Stan , Hank and Kluszewski were the best hitters he ever saw in person .
Stan the Man and Hammering Hank. Doesn't get much better. Stan met my Mom and her Mom at a restaurant in St. Louis. He played harmonica and was friendly with everyone.
Reading Aaron’s biography (Last Hero). Musial was Aaron’s standard and the guy he wanted to beat. Aaron was most proud of his likely untouchable record of total bases. Light years ahead of whomever is second place.
One story about Stash that doesn’t get widely told was the quiet leadership he applied in 1947 when Jackie Robinson was brought up from the minors to integrate MLB. Sadly there was a group of racist players on the Cardinals who were campaigning to get enough of their fellow teammates to boycott the games when the Dodgers came to St. Louis. Musial heard about it and called a players only clubhouse meeting. Rumors have it that Stan told the team that if they followed through with the boycott that he would exercise a clause in his contract to be immediately traded, and since he had the right to name the teams, he would only name teams in the NL as destinations so he could make a special effort to personally do his very best against the Cardinals every time his new team played them. A boycott was never brought up again, and since it was a players only meeting, the general public didn’t hear about this until years later.
If you go strictly by stats then Henry Louis is the GOAT. 1st in rbi's/ 3rd in hits/ 1st or second in home runs/ 1st in total bases. The numbers don't lie.
I saw that game -- it was the second game of a double header, off Wayne Simpson. He didn't get any hits in the first game and his hit, in my opinion, should have been an error on the SS . . . next at bat, though, he crushed a HR on to the expressway he ended up with 3 hits in the 2nd game 1970, Crosley Field . . . Stan Musial came out and they did a quick ceremony . . . much later, I was in SF the night Barry Bonds broke his record and there was a message from Hank Aaron they played on the scoreboard my only two memorable moments in person and both involved Henry Aaron . . . but, yeah, I was 15 and I saw the game he's talking about :)
Musial was the only living member of the 3,000-hit-club back then, so it was a really big thing then when Aaron approached 3,000. I was 12 years old and I thought I was the biggest Hank Aaron fan in New York. My parents would get the New York Times and I remember the headline across the top of the sports section: "Aaron Gets Infield Single for 3000th Hit, Then Caps It With 570th Home Run."
@@RSTI191 Unfortunately, yes. Mr. Aaron was inoculated publicly in an effort to increase Black acceptance of getting vaccinated. He died about 2 weeks later. The cause of death has not been announced.
