God Bless you, Henry
I was one lucky kid growing up in Milwaukee in the 50’s.
I lived in walking distance of the old County Stadium where arguably the greatest baseball team of all time played- the 1957 Braves, who won the world championship against the Yankees.
On that team were three hall of famers- Ed Mathews, Warren Spahn- the winningest left handed pitcher in baseball history, and my hero, the game’s home run king (screw Barry Bonds) Henry Aaron. Notice that I called him Henry, because that’s what they called him back then- Hammerin Henry!!
I have his autographed picture- which I got from him outside the Stadium in 1959 after a baseball game. I can still see him signing it, with a marlboro cigarette hanging in the corner of his mouth. LOL!!
Here is an interesting article about my boyhood hero:
