A brave. That is what he played as mostly.
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I will always think of Hank as a Brave!
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The best comparison for Hank with the Brewers is Willie Mays going to the Mets.
Mays number should be retired by the New York Mets, everyone at the time perfectly understood why the Mets got him. They were bringing him 'home' to the city that nurtured and loved him. It was a fluke of greedy ownership that took him away from NY. He couldn't come home to the NY Giants because they no longer existed, the Mets replaced them. He absolutely, 100% is a part of Met history, as are all NY national league players.
It is an exact, parallel situation to Aaron's.
Aaron should be in the Hall as a Milwaukee Brave. Mays as a New York Giant. If for some hypothetical reason that was not possible, they should be inshrined as a Milwaukee Brewer & a NY Met.
It's about the city & it's fans, not the uniform that should be honored.
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There is that.
The poll needs a third option: Milwaukee Brave.
No comprende...
Yes, "that little ol' thang" that reminds us all how the South brings us, has brought us, and always will bring us down as a country.
I have the right to remain silent, I just don't have the ability... thankfully.
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The poll question misses the point, unfortunately. Aaron was a Milwaukee Brave.
Also, the photo one participant posted sums up the perception problem. Most fans nowdays weren't around for the Milwaukee Braves and the only thing they've ever seen or heard about was one swing of the bat when Aaron was 40. To those of us who were around in his heyday in Milwaukee, seeing Aaron or any Brave with an "A" on his cap looks funny and out-of-place.
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MILWAUKEE Brave.
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Yes, but Mays spent much more time in SF that NY. I agree Aaron belongs more to Milwaukee so to speak but Mays SF is a SF Giant. He really only spent 5 years as a NYG when you consider he was in the military all of 1953 and most of 1952.
No comprende...
Willie was never appreciated in S.F., as he was in New York. Say it with me now, "WILLIE MAYS, NEW YORK GIANTS."
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I couldn't agree more. I was born in the 70's but I do consider Mays a NY Giant over SF.
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