Hank Aaron

They actually lost two of the first three games of that World Series, came back and won in seven.

Uh, I mean, Warren Spahn and Lew Burdette are the, the arms that everyone's gonna remember, of course, and of course a young Henry Aaron and, uh, you know, uh, Eddie Matthews.

I mean, the list goes on of...

If you're, if you're in the company of the 1957 Milwaukee Braves-

Anybody who's got that uniform on can play big in a game.

And I tell you what, they do, and they play solid all, for 27 hours each and every night.

You know, Henry Aaron as a 22-year-old in his third season with the Milwaukee Braves, you know, remember Jackson Churio is also in his third season, also as a 22-year-old right now here in Milwaukee.

Won the batting title.

Right? And then Tim Anderson walked it off with that home run and that setting, those fireworks, that was one of the greatest endings to a game I ever saw.

And yet, like, top three all-time, you're given to hyperbole, right? Hank Aaron, 7'15", Mara, 61, shot heard around the world, Bucky Dent, Mike Piazza, 9'11", Willie Mays in the spawn versus Marichal, 16 inning game.

No, no.

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And then junior was right in that he had this amazing second career that included in a moment of sheer poetry.

sculpting the statue of Henry Aaron that stood outside of the TED in Atlanta.

His catalog includes a ton of public art like that, including memorials to Medgar Evers and Rosa Parks, and several depicting Martin Luther King Jr. Oh, and the Phil Necro statue that now stands at Truist Field.

And one other thing.

And this isn't.

directed a judge this is an argument across the board but a lot of people say well pitchers have the Cy Young award and to me that argument doesn't work because it's like there's Silver Slugger there's Hank Aaron award there's Cy Young award MVP should be most valuable player and in any given year it could be the guy that's 60 feet six inches away from the batter it's just most likely not gonna be

If I had a long range bet that I could make that had some pretty good odds behind it, I would make an argument that Otani next year wins the Cy Young and the MVP.

But the counter argument is going to be he could have won the MVP without the Cy Young because he's that good.

54 games this year without an error at shortstop from the Chicago Cubs, Don Kessinger, hitting .298.

In right field, and he has been around all-star games many times before, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves, hitting a .327.

He's got 24 home runs this year.

And batting cleanup is the man who leads the National League in home runs from the San Francisco Giants, first baseman Willie McCovey.

So Stottlemyre has always pitched well here at Washington, especially against Washington, but he seems to like this ballpark, so he probably is capable of doing a very fine job today.

He'll be facing Matty Allou of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who leads the National League with a .354 batting average.

Don Kessinger of the Chicago Cubs and Hank Aaron here in the top of the first inning.

And remember that this is an American League ballpark, Kennedy Stadium in Washington, and the predominant cheers here today will be for the underdog American League, which has lost 10 of its last 11, its last six in a row.

It'll go foul if they let it roll, and they do, and it's loved by Shamsky in foul territory, so it is strike one.

Henry Aaron also hit his 16th homer later in the ballgame, the 570th of his career.

So it's off to a fairly good start, Ralph.

He certainly is.

Why do you think he's being the designated hitter when they've got to put Evans in center field? Here's

the guy that Hank Aaron said is the one guy who has a chance of beating him and beating his home run record.

That's possible.

The one ball pitch.

And that setting, those fireworks, that was one of the greatest endings to a game I ever saw.

And yet, like, top three all-time, you're given to hyperbole, right? Hank Aaron, 7'15", Mara, 61, shot heard around the world, Bucky Dent, Mike Piazza, 9'11", Willie Mays in the spawn versus Marichal, 16 inning game.

No, no.

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The problem is, is that grading is inconsistent.

And I pulled up a chart right now on the 54 tops Hank Aaron.

And I'm just going through average.

I'm not going through eye appeal.

A couch cushion?

I don't know where it came out of, but it was found, okay? An ungraded one that just popped out of nowhere.

And it, you know, right? So sometimes we have these finds of great looking cards and it is very rare to find a 54 tops Hank Aaron in a nine with a new cert.

It just is even as great as it looks, it would be very tough to find.