Hank Aaron Correlates US Race Relations to Number of Blacks in Baseball
Hank Aaron may be considered a “baseball legend” but he seems to be going a little senile.
Hank Arron says the state of race relations in the United States is still bad because there aren’t as many blacks playing major league baseball as there used to be.. HUH?? WHAT?? Sorry Hank, but you’re becoming unhinged, and should probably go take your meds and lay down for a while. Just sit the next few plays out.
The reason why the number of blacks playing in the Major League is directly affected by the number of better players being brought in from the Dominican Republic and other newer baseball talent pools.
Mr Aaron also says that Obama is “stuck in the mud” because of Republicans treating him badly, which is completely wrong. Obama may be stuck in the mud, but due to his own policies, which have proved to be bad for America. Obama being stuck in the mud has more to do with the corruption and crime that oozes out of every level of the Obama administration though.
Hank even keeps old racist letters sent to him while he played baseball, in order to remind himself of what racism is, and keep racism alive within himself.
If Mr. Aaron wants to talk about the KKK and racism, then the party of Obama should be the target of his ire, because Democrats started the KKK, fought the Civil War to keep slaves in chains, and were historically the most racist group in America through history. So chew on that for a while.
Baseball legend Hank Aaron, 80, acknowledged race relations have changed since his threat-filled days chasing Babe Ruth’s home run record — but said modern tormenters still exist wearing suits and ties instead of KKK hoods.
“We can talk about baseball. Talk about politics. Sure this country has a black president, but when you look at a black president, President Obama is left with his foot stuck in the mud from all of the Republicans with the way he’s treated,” Mr. Aaron told USA Today.
He went on, expressing both the good and bad of where race relations in the United States now stand: “We have moved in the right direction, and there have been improvements, but we still have a long ways to go in the country.
“The bigger difference is that back then they had hoods. Now they have neckties and starched shirts,” he said.
Mr. Aaron made the statement in context of reading through a letter he received decades ago, as he neared his 715th home run and the record set by Mr. Ruth.
FILE – In this April 8, 1974 file photo, Atlanta Braves’ Hank Aaron eyes the flight of the ball after hitting his 715th career homer in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Atlanta. The 40th anniversary of Hank Aaron’s 715th home run finds the Hall of Famer, now 80, coping with his recovery from hip surgery. The anniversary of his famous homer on April 8, 1974 will be celebrated before the Braves’ home opener against the Mets on Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Harry Harrris, File)The letter stated: “You are (not) going to break this record established by the great Babe Ruth if I can help it. Whites are far more superior than jungle bunnies. My gun is watching your every black move.”
Mr. Aaron toldUSA Today he saved such letters “to remind myself that we are not that far removed from when I was chasing the record. If you think that, you are fooling yourself. A lot of things have happened in this country but we have so far to go. There’s not a whole lot that has changed.”
Mr. Aaron said just look to the baseball fields nowadays for proof.
“When I first started playing, you had a lot of black players in the major leagues,” he said, USA Today reported. “Now you don’t have any. (7.7 percent of big-leaguers last season). So what progress have we made? You try to understand, but we’re going backward.”
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