He and his controversial drugs hit for the record. He has it now. Do you guys think Hank Aaron will be forgotten?
2007-08-08 00:39:53 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
no. hank aaron did it without steroids!!!!
2007-08-08 00:43:54 · answer #1 · answered by koifishlady 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hank Aaron will always be remembered as a classy player. No one in the history, nor the future of the game will ever tarnish Hank's legacy because of who Hank was. He played for his team, and never showboated. Even on HR number 715, He put his head down and trotted around the bases, like it was a regular HR.
Barry Bonds will forever have more HR's than Aaron. Whether it is artificially helped or not, Bonds hit the ball out of the park on more occasions, but never would that lower the value of Hank's legacy.
To quote a line from the movie "the sandlot"
"Hero's Get Remembered, But Legends Never Die"
To many, Barry Bonds is a hero,by breaking this Illustrious HR record.
To almost everyone, Hank Aaron is a legend, one we will never forget.
2007-08-08 09:24:56 · answer #2 · answered by JimBo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, if anything, Bonds has raised Hank Aaron's legacy to another level. To everyone, Bond's is a cheat whether is proven innocent or not. Aaron hit 755 without any scandals and in a predominantly white world. He helped change a whole country if you really think about it, I mean before Aaron, how many times would you see thousands of white people cheering on a black man in the deep south?
2007-08-08 07:46:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hank Aaron will be the home run king until somebody HONESTLY breaks his record.
Bonds DID NOT break Aarons record. He tried to steal it. But he can't fool real baseball fans, because real baseball fans see right through this farce, and hold Aaron the reigning king.
Barry Bonds doesn't have the morals or charatcer to be Hank Aaron's batboy, let alone break Aaron's honest and hard fought for record.
2007-08-08 07:50:21 · answer #4 · answered by Ah J 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hank Aaron is already largely forgotten, that is why he made so many comments about how he wouldn't go to the game. So he could get attention again. He ruined his own legacy to me. They complain about Bond's ego, BUT what about Aaron's ego over this one?
2007-08-08 07:47:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a chance. Aaron holds numerous other records such as most RBI and I believe most doubles. Interestingly he holds those lifetime records without once leading the league so he is really a model of cosistency over a long career, especially when you consider his high is homeruns for a season is somewhere in the 40s. In addition he was a good base stealer (to be fair Bonds was a good baserunner early in his career) and a fine outfielder.
2007-08-08 09:28:52 · answer #6 · answered by ligoneskiing 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no aaron is safely in the hall of fame and his legacy is intact. when aaron passed mays and then ruth, were they forgotten? no and no.
the record is what it is and in spite of all of bonds "issues", it is still a great accomplishment. the sun will still come up and bonds will roll on towards 800.
bonds will never be loved as most of the all time greats are and it is baseballs legacy that has been tarnished by the obscene numbers this generation of players produced.
2007-08-08 07:53:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hank Aaron - Legend
Babe Ruth - Legend
Barry Bonds - Who????
2007-08-08 08:29:50 · answer #8 · answered by 1970 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
None of the great home run hitters will be forgotten. Have we forgotten Babe Ruth?
Ruth is still the greatest in my eyes because, in relation to the amount of home runs being hit by other sluggers of his time, he achievements were mind boggling. Home runs are still often described as "Ruthian."
The homerun statistics Ruth amassed over the course of his career put his abilities into perspective.
Led the AL in homeruns for 12 seans.
In 1927 the year he set his single-season record of 60, he individually accounted for 14% of all homeruns in the AL that year. To equal that percentage today, a hitter would need to hit about 340 homeruns in one season.
After the Red Sox sold him to the Yankees in 1920, the Babe single-handedly out-homered the entire Red Sox team in 10 of the next 12 years.
Babe is the only player to ever hit 3 homeruns in a World Series game on two different occasions. Game 4 in 1926; Game 4 in 1928.
His single season mark of 60 stood for 34 years and his career total stood as the record for 39 years.
Aaron did not make us forget Ruth, just as Maris did not. And Bonds won't make us forget Aaron.
2007-08-08 08:06:45 · answer #9 · answered by ghouly05 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Babe Ruth wasn't forgotten. Hank Aaron will not be forgotten. Barry Bonds most certainly will be remembered too. The legends never are forgotten.
2007-08-08 07:51:28 · answer #10 · answered by Magic Man 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No for baseball pureists the record will be intact until Alex Rodrigues or Ken Griffey Jr. breaks it legitimately.
2007-08-08 08:01:38 · answer #11 · answered by Oz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋