Help Hank Aaron in his Fight Against Arthritis
by gondeee on Apr 8, 2010 10:19 AM EDT
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PrintBraves fans have an opportunity to help Hank Aaron raise money for the Arthritis foundataion, and all you have to do is join his Facebook page. First, here is a little back story:
Homerun king Hank Aaron struggled with osteoarthritis knee pain for many years after retiring in 1976. However, he has recently worked with his doctor to fight arthritis, and is now back on his feet with a story to tell.
Hank has decided to team up with Genzyme and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Nick DiNubile to encourage the 10 million Americans dealing with osteoarthritis knee pain to talk to their doctor about treatment options, stop suffering and get back in the game. To show that he is truly "Back in the Game," Hank will participate in the Arthritis Walk on May 22, 2010 in Atlanta.
Go to the TeamHank website at teamhank.com and click "Become a Fan." That will take you to Facebook where you can officially become a fan of his Facebook page, and in doing so help contribute to raising money for the Arthritis foundation. A dollar will be donated by the sponsor for every fan who joins.
Let's show them how Talking Chop supports our baseball heroes. Everyone with a Facebook page, head over to TeamHank.com and join-up. And remember...
By the way, today is the anniversary of Hank hitting number-715 -- April 8, 1974 against pitcher Al Downing of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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That shirt is awful
It’s actually 762, no asterisk
by James Kannengieser on Apr 8, 2010 11:02 AM EDT reply actions
lmao
tell it to the freaking jury, Barry
"It looks like The Hound of the Baskervilles out there." - Steve Stone
"...I'm reminded of Wuthering Heights." - Harry Caray
by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Apr 8, 2010 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Sorry I realized after commenting that it was pretty troll-ish
This is a great cause and I joined the Facebook page. Shirt is just dumb.
by James Kannengieser on Apr 8, 2010 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
If you want to get granular
It’s really 868 by Sadaharu Oh, but Aaron beat him in their head-to-head back in 1974, so that kind of still means Aaron is King
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
Wow, you’re sticking up for an Asian dude…I’m shocked. Really it was probably Josh Gibson, but since nobody bothered to keep stats, we’ll never know. But really, it’s 755 and I will cut you if you say otherwise.
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All respect due to Hank, it's Barry's record.. (although big ups to Josh Gibson)
Josh Gibson is a whole ’nother story.
But no other statistics and records were erased from the record book. Little is known than the small percentage of rumored roiders of that era. Nobody speaks of relievers, starters, etc. Hell Brady Anderson hit 50 or something bombs one year! Nobody even speaks of the bullshit admitions (Pettite, A-Rod, Giambi, etc.) who basically got off with a clean slate.
As a lifelong Braves fan, and a fan of Hank Aaron, until everybody was under the scope for that era, the records stands.
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by Mighty Healthy on Apr 8, 2010 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
You’re welcome to your opinion, but we know Bonds cheated. That record is crap. The single season HR records that he and McGwire had were crap. I don’t care about the other guys cheating, cause I can’t speculate on everyone. I can only talk about the guys I know. So we can take away the last three or four of Roger Clemens’ Cy Youngs while were at it. Thinking that everyone cheated doesn’t make one guy any less of a cheater. It’s still 755.
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just an fyi
Hank Aaron admitted to trying greenies which is just as bad. So Hank’s also a cheater so the record will have to go back to Ruth.
lol
I actually do not like Oh very much, if you look up his hackneyed methods of preserving the NPB single-season HR records. That’s just not good for the sport, anywhere. But 868 HRs is sitll 868 HRs.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
Yeah, but the Japanese league today is basically the equivalent of AA. I can’t even imagine how much lower it was back then. It’s like getting excited about Mike Hessman’s 300 Minor League homers. yeah, it’s a feat worth being acknowledged, but let’s not act like it makes somebody the greatest ever.
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Okay now this is defense
AA? Today’s Japanese players certainly made today’s MLB players as well as other countries’ players look pretty foolish in both WBCs. Sure the excuse of not being in playing shape can be thrown out there, but it’s not like the NBP schedule is that much drastically different than MLB’s, and they’re essentially dealing with the similar rigors of preparing for their own regular season too.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
Yeah, but how many of them are stars over there then come over here and are just ordinary, even below average? How many of them are actually above average players? Hideki Matsui? Okajima? Anyone else? And why can 4-A guys go over there and just demolish the league? Regardless of the outcome of a few tournaments, year after year the proof is that the level of competition in Japan isn’t close to what it is over here. Take an average to below average player here and drop him in Japan and he can be a star. Take an average to below average player from Japan and drop him over here and he might be lucky to get a AAA job.
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Come on now, it’s always been about cohesion, and being on good teams, and you don’t hear nearly as frequently as it used to be about foreigners going to NPB and dominating. Part of the problem is how much MLB over-values NPB players, and then the backlash when they perform slightly around their par, that they were expensive mistakes. Matsui and Matsuzaka performed mostly at their general level when they were brought over, but so many can’t get past the dollar amount, and the correlation to the numbers, so they’re perceived as below-average.
Heck, Chris Resop is more than enough proof that just nobody can go over there, and dominate the league, and he’s about as 4A as they come, if that.
As teams, NPB puts together some great teams where nobody needs to be a shining star. When they put their all-star teams together, they’re all fundamentally on a different level than most competition, which is why they make other countries look silly in international play. When it comes to individual talent out there, there are so few legendary stars, because so often, they’re just integral cogs to well-working teams.
Bottom line is that when it comes to individual talent, yeah, I’ll agree that the best Japanese player isn’t going to be anywhere near Albert Pujols. But I’m going to remain thinking that a team that fields 9 guys that can all hit to all parts of the field, and are fundamentally solid fielders, are certainly going to give the Cards a real run for their money, let alone demolish any AA team opposing them.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
I’m not talking about teams man, I’m talking about level of competition. The guys that dominate over there come over here and are just average. Their level of play is not as good as ours. Period. Their league is not even close to ours. Period. I don’t care what a team can do because I can’t bring a team over here, I can only bring one guy. And typically that one guy isn’t what he’s advertised to be.
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Okay
I see what you’re saying, and I can agree with you to some extent. The competition might be lower, but that’s just Asian baseball – never about individual guys, but the results of the teams they play for.
But I will reiterate, the problem of guys not being what they are advertised to be, not the fault of the player’s skill, but the marketing machines behind them. Calling Daisuke Matsuzaka “the next potential Pedro,” put him on a freight train to unfulfilled expectations land, prime example. But on that note, Hideki Matsui did mostly everything he did for Japan, for the Yankees, which was drive in runs. The homers went down, but the cumulative hits went up, but the average and RBI stayed around his norm. And Ichiro, dominated over there, and is dominating over here. Yeah, he’s kind of an exception, but the truth is that there aren’t that many Pujols-like dominators over in Japan; but the ones that are above-average there, have demonstrated similar results states-side, and I’m not talking about role-players like So Taguchi, Iwamura, Iguchi, or Kaz Matsui.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
Nice shirt. Love it.
Bonds can suck it.
"It looks like The Hound of the Baskervilles out there." - Steve Stone
"...I'm reminded of Wuthering Heights." - Harry Caray
by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Apr 8, 2010 11:04 AM EDT reply actions
Eff Bonds
Bonds can suck it.
Please tell me where I can buy this shirt!
Can't find the shirts?
Are they for sale somewhere? I can’t find them on the team hank site.
by playertobenamedlate on Apr 8, 2010 12:17 PM EDT reply actions
It’s a shirt we made on the site a couple of years ago. Hint: It might be coming around again at some point in the near future.
I trust
gondeee that you will make this happen.
by McCannsMuscle on Apr 8, 2010 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I probably need another one, to be completely honest. The one I have now is pretty worn.
"SIGN PUJOLS OR FIRE WREN" ~ Swo12bv
by Smoltz's Beard on Apr 8, 2010 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Done
This is a great cause, happy to help bring awareness about this painful condition.
Sheridan " Braves look dangerous this season", I agree.
In case anyone is interested...
Zazzle.com will let you put anything you want on a shirt.
That one doesn’t contain a logo or TM, so I’d guess you could make one easily.
"When all is said and done, more is said than done." - Lou Holtz
A quick search there for “755” found this: 755 since 1976 Stuff
But you could make your own custom too.
I’ve ordered from Zazzle before and their tshirts and mugs are good quality.
"When all is said and done, more is said than done." - Lou Holtz
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