In just the last couple of months we have lost a historic number of baseball hall of famers. We have lost Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Whitey Ford, Al Kaline, Joe morgan, Tom Seaver and Hank Aaron as well as manager Tommy Lasorda. The baseball hall of fame now has added to their all-star team in heaven. All of these guys have an argument for being on the mount rushmore of baseball greats.
Tom Seaver was a member of the 1969 Miracle Mets. Whitey Ford "the Chairman of the Board" spent his entire career with the Yankees and won 6 World Series titles along the way. He was the last of the old guard, in terms of the pre 1970 great Yankees. Hank Aaron had the home run record and in my peoples eyes still does, it took a Barry Bonds on performance enhancing drugs to take down his 755. Hank was a consistent player, making the all-star team in all but two years of his career and never hitting more than 50 homers in a season. He was also faced with racism, as a black man who played for the Braves in Atlanta and he took down the record owned by a white man. Tommy Lasorda didn't amount to much as a player but was one of the greatest and fun loving managers of all time.
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