How Hank Aaron Weathered A Tidal Wave Of Hate To Become Baseball's Home Run King
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- čas přidán 15. 03. 2024
- As spring arrived in 1974, Major League Baseball was on the precipice of history.
For decades, baseball’s most hallowed record had belonged to Babe Ruth, a titanic within the sport and the wider American imagination. But by ‘74, another superstar was somehow poised to dethrone the Babe as the game’s all-time home run leader: a slugger who emerged from the Jim Crow south to become a legend himself.
Seemingly, Henry Aaron’s pursuit of the home-run crown was cause to celebrate. However, for many in the overwhelmingly white world of Major League Baseball, it rankled.
But in the face of unimaginable hostility and unfathomable pressure, on a magical April night in Atlanta fifty years ago, Hammerin’ Hank slugged his way to baseball immortality.
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The call at 7:51 is something of legend. The feeling people must have had at home watching this would be like a spark of something they've never felt before. Its crazy how much sports influences us as a whole, and its ability to break taboos even general society has.
Respect to the goat I ain’t know his story until today
He had baseball's most famous record for decades, and I still feel like he was underrated in terms of the best players of all time.
In the 90s, I read Aaron’s autobiography. It was chilling. I how he handled such hate I don’t know. I respect his professionalism as much as I do his baseball prowess.
Hank Aaron was a national treasure
Certified goat!
Mr. Ruth and Mr. Mays would disagree with you
There so many players in baseball, you gotta make it a Mount Rushmore @@LeighMet
That is true@@hurricanestarang
Buckner taking stray bullets for no reason.
Hank Aaron and Sadaharu Oh are the true Home Run Kings (even though i think Barry Bonds is one of the best players ever, steroids or not). and if Willie Mays played in a more hitter friendly stadium (especially during his time in San Francisco), he’d have the record
I don't care about any home run king except Mickey Mantle. He is the switch hitting home run king of all time. A lot harder doing it two different ways.
@@kentduryea7109 too bad he wasn’t as good as a player as Bonds, Mays, and Aaron. props to him playing with a torn ACL but they still be better if he was healthy.
@@markjackson6431
In the beginning nobody but NOBODY was faster running from home to first than Mickey Mantle. Man, than man was FAST. Faster than Mays, faster than Aaron and especially faster than Bonds. Bonds would arrogantly stand there at the plate thinking his steroid body just hit another out of the park. Willie Davis was very good running to first. But so fast was Mantle legend has it he was even faster than a bullet. Not bad for a white boy from Oklahoma. The best.
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Forgot to mention. Mickey struck out too much for my liking. That was his only shortcoming in my view. Plus his personal life. That could have been better if he hadn't been such a fatalist about it.
Goat!
9th 😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅
I love my ppl man. 💪🏽🙏🏽
Only 14 comments. Sad.
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The true home run leader that's a what he went thru all the racist hate u think nowadays it would be better but no cause trump is bringing it back out