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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 04:35 PM
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17. Aaron HAD to exemplify class
uppity black men didn't get far in baseball at the time. It's a sign of progress that baseball now treats black and white players the same in that respect. IF Aaron didn't show the appropriate humility, he would have been out of baseball at a very young age.
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  -A question about Bonds and the HR issue safi0  May-04-06 01:09 PM   #0 
  - First, it's not Ruth's record. It's Hank Aaron's record.  RedSpartan   May-04-06 01:31 PM   #1 
  - I acknowledge  safi0   May-04-06 03:55 PM   #2 
  - Race  erpowers   May-04-06 08:39 PM   #3 
  - I kind of come down  safi0   May-04-06 09:43 PM   #4 
  - Again, Bonds is not about to pass any record held  RedSpartan   May-05-06 07:30 AM   #7 
     - Giambi  safi0   May-05-06 09:50 AM   #8 
     - Giambi admitted it in front of the grand jury,  RedSpartan   May-05-06 10:11 AM   #9 
     - But he still  safi0   May-05-06 12:01 PM   #11 
        - So far as I know,  RedSpartan   May-05-06 12:57 PM   #12 
     - Race as a factor vs. Bonds public persona as an asshole  rinsd   May-09-06 11:04 AM   #22 
     - and that's where race becomes a factor  northzax   May-05-06 04:26 PM   #15 
     - The Record  erpowers   May-05-06 09:56 PM   #20 
        - They've been using the pharse "Ruth's record"  rinsd   May-09-06 11:07 AM   #23 
  - No. Bonds is a bastard. Griffey's a nice guy who went home to Cincy.  MookieWilson   May-04-06 10:39 PM   #5 
  - Hank Aaron is a black man.  KitchenWitch   May-05-06 03:56 AM   #6 
  - A very large, obnoxious asshole  BOSSHOG   May-05-06 10:31 AM   #10 
  - Yes indeed!  KitchenWitch   May-05-06 03:36 PM   #14 
  - well, his teammates seem to like him  northzax   May-05-06 04:33 PM   #16 
     - His teammates?  rinsd   May-09-06 11:18 AM   #24 
  - Hank got tons of hate mail when he was approaching Ruth's record  Lefty48197   May-07-06 02:09 PM   #21 
  - As the others have said its Aaron's record  JohnKleeb   May-05-06 03:31 PM   #13 
  - Aaron HAD to exemplify class  northzax   May-05-06 04:35 PM   #17 
     - True  JohnKleeb   May-05-06 04:41 PM   #18 
  - Here's my take  Robbie Michaels   May-05-06 05:14 PM   #19 
 

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