A Love Letter to No. 44
Hank Aaron died on Friday, January 22, 2021. He was 86 years old.
“What are you doing today?” I asked my son Nick.
“I am going to Turner Field to put flowers on Hank Aaron’s memorial where his 715th home run landed,” he answered.
Nick is a real Braves fan.
But he is also a Hank Aaron fan. I didn’t know this. I knew he knew Aaron beat Babe Ruth’s home run …
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