RIP Hank Aaron

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Wow. Disgraceful. Should have thrown those writers out.

There were nine members of the Baseball Writers Association who did not vote for Henry Aaron on the 1982 Hall of Fame ballot. Nine.https://t.co/mRajl6bcms

— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) January 22, 2021

I am not one who usually sees race in things, but if not for race I wonder what would have caused some not to vote for him. His numbers easily justified it and being the all time HR leader would have been a shoo in, regardless of era.