Henry Aaron and Jackie Robinson have made the greatest impacts on history. Not just sports what they achieved transcended baseball and sports.
Losing Aaron at age 86 this week the man who broke Babe Ruth’s immortal record 714 home runs.
That record hit at the heart of white America and their man hood. It was a source of pride. And race relations the American past time was their game Major League Baseball.
Robinson and Aaron both among the first wave of Negro League players shattered the MLB White myth.
Aaron beat you with consistent greatness.Is it possible that Aaron breaking Ruth’s record in 1974.
Considering what Ruth meant to society and losing that record. May have shifted the business of professional sports at the top.
The National Football League would soon pass MLB as America”s past time.
Joe Biden and two Democratic Senators winning Georgia’ in the run off has help change political history. Aaron,Stacy Abrams,John Lewis that is a learned education.
Georgia,Georgia from my view point Georgia delivered for us. Aaron was among the first great Black Superstars formerly from the Negro Leagues.
Their achievements lifted MLB.But the psychological scars on the primus that the White man was superior to black players.
That’s why in 1947 through sports what Jackie started opened the door for many others.
Aaron’s greatness confirmed,Willie Mays,Frank Robinson,Ernie Banks, Billy Williams,Maury Wills,Lou Brock,Bob Gibson soon followed.
Aaron was so great and political and powerful in his impact.
The number 755 is the standard Barry Bonds has the record 762, only three players in history have hit 700 or more home runs.
Aaron also is the MLB all-time RBI King. He started in Milwaukee and later in the deep south Atlanta,Georgia.Aaron is the smooth-is Super Star ever.
He played the game with pride and grace. Robinson intimidated pitchers.
By getting from first to third.The three I’s, Insurrection, Impeachment,Inauguration.
Today now and tomorrow has been shaped by the reaction through motivation.
The injustice the will to take pure racism head on.
The murders of George Floyd,Breanna Taylor subsequent protest sparked the motivation and fight against the truest form of racism.
Terrorism is intimidation through force and power. Donald Trump added brain washing and voter fraud.
Black people have been fighting the power from day one.To learn that 16% of the 419,000 U.S. Deaths to the Coronivirus are black people.
That make up only 13% of the U.S population.No wonder it’s not a fair fight for us, that’s why some have reservations about taking vaccines!
The Biden/Harris Administration has mandated 100 million vaccines in 100 days.
Remember why we are behind after 25.1 million positive test.We can never repay Aaron,Martin Luther King,Malcolmn X Barack Obama they are on the Mount Rushmore in our community.
Because power is the ability to do good things for others.Let’s keep it up that’s what Aaron taught us be consistently great.
Larry Fitzgerald is a longstanding contributing columnist at the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder. He can be heard weekday mornings on KMOJ Radio 89.9 FM at 8:25 am, on WDGY-AM 740 Monday and Friday at 9:10 am, and at www.Gamedaygold.com. He also commentates on sports 7-8 pm on “Almanac” (TPT channel 2). Follow him on Twitter at FitzBeatSr. Larry welcomes reader responses to info@larry-fitzgerald.com, or visit www.Larry-Fitzgerald.com.