Posts tagged: Hank Aaron

Rename the Braves in Honor of Hank Aaron? Great Idea!

January 25, 2021 | By Fritz Holznagel

A wonderful movement is afoot to rename baseball’s Atlanta Braves with a name that’s less racist and also honors the team’s greatest hero, the late ‘Hammerin’ Hank’ Aaron: The #Hammers …..

Hank Aaron and Larry King are Dead

January 23, 2021 | By Fritz Holznagel

Hank Aaron and Larry King had nothing in common, except for fame in their chosen fields. And now that both are dead, they have a second connection: Covid-19. Hank Aaron …..

Photo of Jackie Robinson in Dodgers uniform, shot from below, poised to swing

Jackie Robinson, Happy 100th Birthday!

January 31, 2019 | By Fritz Holznagel

Happy 100th birthday to Jackie Robinson, one of the true American heroes of the 20th century. Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball, a racist barrier so strange and …..

Hank Aaron Forgives Mark McGwire

January 11, 2010 | By Fritz Holznagel

Baseball great Hank Aaron says that Mark McGwire has asked for his forgiveness for using steroids — and Aaron has granted it: “I think that it’s wonderful that he did …..

75 Chimp-Lovin’ Years

April 3, 2009 | By Fritz Holznagel

Jane Goodall turns 75 today.She was born in 1934 — same as Hammerin’ Hank Aaron and Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf.