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re: Legendary son of the Deep South Hank Aaron has passed away
Posted on 1/22/21 at 8:46 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Posted on 1/22/21 at 8:46 pm to SummerOfGeorge
I grew up in Atlanta and went to Braves games a lot. Got a couple of autographs from Aaron, one on a sports magazine and the other on my glove. Was proud as hell of that glove autograph. My kid brother took it out to play some catch and left it in the yard for a couple of days, got rained on and washed that autograph right off. 
Aaron was a great man and a true gentleman.
Aaron was a great man and a true gentleman.
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Posted on 1/22/21 at 9:20 pm to CaptainBrannigan
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Yeah I bet Ole Hank loved the Confederate flag.
The hell?
Posted on 1/22/21 at 9:42 pm to SummerOfGeorge
"Hammerin Hank" Chief Knockahoma greeting hank at home plate after 715. My Grandfather claims he was there. He says a lot of cool sh!t that we figure aint true.
Posted on 1/23/21 at 12:26 am to bamameister
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Another great Alabama player for sure. I know he came from Birmingham, somewhere around Fairfield. But he may very well have a strong Mobile connection.
You are right, the Fairfield/Pleasant Grove area, more precisely Westfield which I think is just an "area". Westfield High was located on the Miles College campus. Westfield was kind of in the midst of the massive U.S. Steel Fairfield plant property.
As far as I know, Willie Mays had no Mobile connection, but I could be wrong.
Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, Early Wynn, Don Sutton, Carl Lewis, Mia Hamm, Evander Holyfield, not to mention football players and coaches and a number of other great athletes were also born in Alabama. Louis, Owens, Mays, Aaron and Paige were not just superstars but transcendent figures in their sport, McCovey almost for a few years.
Posted on 1/23/21 at 12:28 am to SummerOfGeorge
had to google who he was
Posted on 1/23/21 at 6:51 am to tattoo
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Joe Louis
The Brown Bomber was born and lived in Lafayette Alabama. His birth home is still there and they have a little museum dedicated to him. I happen to know a number of his kinfolk and believe it or not they still carry a lot of his facial characteristics. My grandfather boxed in the military and loved Joe Louis. I learned early, never bring up Muhammad Ali in his presence.
Posted on 1/23/21 at 6:56 am to SummerOfGeorge
RIP Hank. Great man.
Posted on 1/23/21 at 9:41 am to CaptainBrannigan
Jesus Christ.
Posted on 1/23/21 at 9:43 am to CaptainBrannigan
Dp
This post was edited on 1/23/21 at 9:48 am
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