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Aaron hits 715 40 years ago today!

  • Apple
    Most OC'ers weren't even alive in '74, but it was a huge deal when Aaron hit 715. The HoF in Cooperstown has a cool display about it. PED's have tarnished the record since then. In my mind, Aaron still deserves the record.

    http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140407&content_id=71237836&vkey=news_atl&c_id=atl&partnerId=ed-8051736-669291873
  • GOONx19
    He was my dad's favorite player. We had a framed SI cover of Hank Aaron in the basement. Wish I could've seen him play.
  • sleeper
    Barry Bonds hit more HRs. Who cares?
  • lhslep134
    Apple;1602503 wrote: PED's have tarnished the record since then.
    PED's were around before, during, and after Aaron's time.
  • DeyDurkie5
    Apple;1602503 wrote:Most OC'ers weren't even alive in '74
    Tiernan
    Belly
    Apple
    BRF
    Manhatten Buckeye
    thavoice
    vball?
    curly?
  • thavoice
    DeyDurkie5;1602643 wrote:Tiernan
    Belly
    Apple
    BRF
    Manhatten Buckeye
    thavoice
    vball?
    curly?
    True, but way too young to remember any of that.

    I consider him the HR king.
  • lhslep134
    thavoice;1602648 wrote: I consider him the HR king.
    You and anyone else who does is naive (and I would argue irrational) for allowing emotion to supercede logic.

    Barry Bonds hit 762 home runs and used PEDs
    Hank Aaron hit 755 home runs and used PEDs (admitted to amphetamines and other sources, much like the modern day sources of PED accusations, say steroids potentially used)

    seemed pretty clear cut to me

    http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/08/29/does-this-prove-that-hank-aaron-was-juicing/ (teammate)

    http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8769398/a-writer-gives-hall-fame-vote (mentioning Hank's amphetamine use)
  • Mohican00
    wow, 40 years seems like a long time ago until I realized I only would've been -8.

    damn
  • thavoice
    lhslep134;1602669 wrote:You and anyone else who does is irrational for allowing emotion to supercede logic.

    Barry Bonds hit 762 home runs and used PEDs
    Hank Aaron hit 755 home runs and used PEDs

    seemed pretty clear cut to me
    If you say so.
  • lhslep134
    thavoice;1602672 wrote:If you say so.
    Hank said so himself. He took a substance that would get him suspended if caught today.
  • wildcats20
    Damn cool scene in Atlanta right now...

    715 fans in the outfield, holding signs with the number and date of all 715 HRs.

  • Ironman92
    DeyDurkie5;1602643 wrote:Tiernan
    Belly
    Apple
    BRF
    Manhatten Buckeye
    thavoice
    vball?
    curly?
    I was alive in 1974 but not until July.
  • Ironman92
    wildcats20;1602712 wrote:Damn cool scene in Atlanta right now...

    715 fans in the outfield, holding signs with the number and date of all 715 HRs.

    Yeah....that's awesome
  • bases_loaded
    Fuck Hank Aaron http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2014/04/09/hank-aaron-compares-republicans-that-oppose-obama-to-kkk/
  • Heretic
    No one cares, politard.
  • WebFire
    Heretic;1603502 wrote:No one cares, politard.
    They should though. But as long as they are good at sports who cares about the shit they do in the real world, right?
  • Heretic
    WebFire;1603541 wrote:They should though. But as long as they are good at sports who cares about the shit they do in the real world, right?
    He's a famous person who said something stupid. Just like many other famous people. Just like virtually everyone on this board.

    It's a talk about the anniversary of his sports-related feat; not his personal stupid opinions on shit that has no relevance to anything concerning anything he's actually known for.

    Save it for the politics forum so all the site idiots can comment to their heart's content.
  • WebFire
    Heretic;1603593 wrote:
    It's a talk about the anniversary of his sports-related feat; not his personal stupid opinions on shit that has no relevance to anything concerning anything he's actually known for.

    Save it for the politics forum so all the site idiots can comment to their heart's content.
    I agree with that part.
  • Apple
    It was indeed a talk/thread about, and in Atlanta, a celebration about, Aaron's feat of surpassing the Bambino's home run record.

    Aaron should have kept some of his comments to himself, and unfortunately tarnished his day in the sun.

    It isn't idiotic to to comment about what he did at his 40th anniversary. It was idiotic for him to bring up the subject in the first place!
  • Heretic
    Apple;1603655 wrote:It was indeed a talk/thread about, and in Atlanta, a celebration about, Aaron's feat of surpassing the Bambino's home run record.

    Aaron should have kept some of his comments to himself, and unfortunately tarnished his day in the sun.

    It isn't idiotic to to comment about what he did at his 40th anniversary. It was idiotic for him to bring up the subject in the first place!

    Well, in that case, let's focus on the comments section of the article linked and how virtually every post there included at least one racist slur to point out that other side of the idiot coin, as well.

    Such as: All it takes is one idiotic comment by a person of fame to bring out the ugly, just-as-bad-if-not-worse sides of a lot of regular people.
  • thavoice
    Probably was ill advised for him to say that.

    In a way I give those old fogies a pass when shit like this was said. It was such a different time back in the day and their experiences were much, much different than ours.
  • Heretic
    thavoice;1603710 wrote:Probably was ill advised for him to say that.

    In a way I give those old fogies a pass when shit like this was said. It was such a different time back in the day and their experiences were much, much different than ours.
    That's something I'd agree with. He dealt with a lot of shit, including death threats, based on his race; which causes him to be perhaps over-sensitive to things; which led to him blurting out something stupid.