Another Legend Passes

At a certain point in life, things start getting taken away. We know its going to happen eventually. Sometimes we're ready for it. Sometimes we're not. There's times where an athletes can leave an incredible mark on this world, and Hank Aaron was one of them. For everything he did on, and off the field after his career ended, he will live on forever. The news came out this morning that Hammering Hank Aaron has passed away this morning at the age of 86.

People always talk about Hank Aaron, for his contributions to the game of baseball and for the numbers he put up on the field. He started his career in 1954 and played his final game in 1976. During that time, he played with the Braves, first in Milwaukee, staying with the team to the move to Atlanta. His final two years were with the Brewers in the AL in 1975 and 1976. He finished his career with a .305 lifetime average, 755 home runs (broken by Barry Bonds), 2,297 RBI's (most in history), 3,771 hits (3rd behind Ty Cobb and Pete Rose) and 2,171 runs scored. If you take away his career home run totals, he still would have finished with 3,016 career hits. Aaron won a World Series title with the Braves in 1957, the same year he won his only NL MVP award. He won three gold gloves, two batting titles, four time NL home run leader and was a twenty five time all star.

He was such a good ball player. Aaron was a very well rounded baseball player. He could do it all. May not have excelled at one thing, he was just a good all around player. And he was more then that, he was an all around good person. He looked out for other people and would give back as often as he could. A lot of people around the game commented today on how nice and down to earth and genuine a person Aaron was. He was also known for his business acumen as well, paving the way for a lot of people to get into the business world after his playing career ended.

Aaron left behind a legacy as being one of the great players and people to ever walk on to a diamond. And all of this is just the tip of the iceberg for who Hank Aaron was. He will be badly missed.