Stories tagged with "hank aaron"

LIFE.com features Braves legend Hank Aaron as Guest Editor

by gondeee on Oct 1, 2009 8:58 AM CDT on Talking Chop

Hank Aaron will be the guest editor on Life.com this week. LIFE.com features Hank Aaron, known to many as the greatest living baseball player, as its "Guest Editor" this week, commemorating the a...

Graph of the Afternoon: Ruth, Gehrig, Williams, Aaron, Musial

by Jack Moore on Jul 6, 2009 2:56 PM CDT on Beyond the Box Score

I'm very, very excited by what we can do now with Sean Smith's updated WAR database. The top 300 player index hasn't been updated yet, but I don't need the index to know who 5 of the best player...

8 Times Hank Aaron Faced Racism: #8, The Managing Incident

by gondeee on May 19, 2009 8:19 AM CDT on Talking Chop

This is the final installment of the terrific series by Chris Mays, highlighting several times that Hank Aaron faced racism. These were originally posted on his blog, The 8 Things, and are reprinted h...

8 Times Hank Aaron Faced Racism: #7, 715

by gondeee on May 14, 2009 7:19 AM CDT on Talking Chop

This is the seventh installment of the terrific series by Chris Mays, highlighting several times that Hank Aaron faced racism. These were originally posted on his blog, The 8 Things, and are reprinted...

8 Times Hank Aaron Faced Racism: #6, Atlanta

by gondeee on May 12, 2009 8:08 AM CDT on Talking Chop

This is the sixth installment of the terrific series by Chris Mays, highlighting several times that Hank Aaron faced racism. These were originally posted on his blog, The 8 Things, and are reprinted h...

8 Times Hank Aaron Faced Racism: #5, A Natural Hitter?

by gondeee on May 11, 2009 7:30 AM CDT on Talking Chop

This is the fifth installment of the terrific series by Chris Mays, highlighting several times that Hank Aaron faced racism. These were originally posted on his blog, The 8 Things, and are reprinted h...

8 Times Hank Aaron Faced Racism: #4, Major League Rookie

by gondeee on May 5, 2009 10:52 AM CDT on Talking Chop

This is the fourth installment of the terrific series by Chris Mays, highlighting several times that Hank Aaron faced racism. These were originally posted on his blog, The 8 Things, and are reprinted ...

8 Times Hank Aaron Faced Racism: #3, Integrating the Sally League

by gondeee on Apr 29, 2009 10:01 AM CDT on Talking Chop

Here is the third installmentt of the terrific series by Chris Mays, highlighting several times that Hank Aaron faced racism. These were originally posted on his blog, The 8 Things, and are reprinted ...

Historical WAR Between Hitters and Pitchers

by Sky Kalkman on May 5, 2009 11:38 AM CDT on Beyond the Box Score

With Sean Smith releasing historical WAR for pitchers, we can take a look at how they compare with the hitters. Here are the top twenty five players in career WAR, including seasons 1955 and aft...

8 Times Hank Aaron Faced Racism: #2, Even in Wisconsin

by gondeee on Apr 27, 2009 6:00 AM CDT on Talking Chop

Here is the second installment of the terrific series by Chris Mays, highlighting some times that Hank Aaron faced racism. These were originally posted on his blog, The 8 Things, and are reprinted wit...