R.I.P.: Hank Aaron

[erik]

The losses for Major League Baseball continue, as we lose Hank Aaron, the man who, in April 1974, broke what was long thought to be an unassailable record (especially by an African-American ballplayer like himself): Babe Ruth's career home-run mark. Hank Aaron was 86:

www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/sports/baseball/hank-aaron-dead.html