ABOUT
ABOUT VACCINES RUNNING AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN WYDOWN DRIVE IN, FILL THAT BALL.
IT'S GOING TO BE HERE.
IT'S GONE.
IT'S THE MAN WHO BROKE BABE
RUTH'S HOME RUN RECORD, HANK
AARON HAS DIED.
HE WAS ONE OF BASEBALL'S ALL
TIME GREATS ON THE FIELD AND
OFF.
HANK AARON WAS BORN INTO
POVERTY IN MOBILE, ALABAMA AND
WOULD RISE TO BE ENSHRINED IN
BASEBALL'S HALL OF FAME.
HE WAS BEST KNOWN FOR BEING A
WORLD CLASS HITTER BUT HE ALSO
SET RECORDS FOR RBI AS AND
EXTRA BASE HITS EARLY IN HIS
CAREER HE ENDURED RACIST
THREATS WITH DIGNITY, PAVING
THE WAY FOR OTHER BLACK
BASEBALL GREATS WHO WOULD COME
BEHIND HIM.
HE SPENT MOST OF HIS TWENTY
THREE YEAR CAREER WITH THE
MILWAUKEE AND ATLANTA BRAVES
AND HE HAS A ST. LOUIS
CONNECTION.
SPORTS DIRECTOR FRANK CUSUMANO
IS HERE WITH MORE ON A RECENT
AWARD THAT WAS BESTOWED ON HANK
AARON BY THE ST. LOUIS SPORTS
COMMISSION.
AND FRANK, IT'S PROBABLY ONE
OF THE LAST HE WOULD RECEIVE.
YES, IT WAS KAY AND I CAN
REMEMBER VERY VIVIDLY THAT HE
WAS GIVEN THE STAN MUSIAL
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN
ST. LOUIS A FEW YEARS BACK A
RADIO INTERVIEW WITH HIM
RECENTLY AND HE TALKED ABOUT
HOW THAT AWARD MEANS MORE TO
HIM THAN ANY HONOR HE'S EVER
RECEIVED IN HIS CAREER AND
THINK ABOUT IT.
THIS IS THE ALL TIME HOME RUN
KING WHO WAS A HALL OF FAMER
AND THE REASON THAT AWARD MEANT
SO MUCH TO HIM WAS HIS
AFFECTION FOR STAN MUSIAL, THE
TWO WIRU MATES WHEN MAJOR
LEAGUE BASEBALL BROUGHT THEIR
ALL STAR TEAM TO SAIGON AND
THEY BECAME EXTREMELY CLOSE.
WHAT HANK LOVED ABOUT STAN WAS
STAN WAS ONE OF THE EARLY
PLAYERS TO EMBRACE THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN AMERICAN
PLAYER IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
AND WHILE OTHERS WERE RACIAL
TOWARDS AFRICAN-AMERICANS MAJOR
LEAGUE BASEBALL STAN HAD
AN OPEN ARMS AND BELIEVE THEY
SHOULD BE TREATED EQUALLY AND
IN A SENSE LIKE HANK AND STAN
HAVE SO MUCH IN COMMON NOT JUST
THEIR GREATNESS ON THE FIELD
BUT THE WAY THEY WERE
UNDERRATED.
NOW IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE I'D
SAY THAT THERE WERE UNDERRATED
BUT THEY DIDN'T PLAY WITH THAT
SWASH BUCKLINGS STYLE OF A
WILLIE MAYS.
BUT YEAR AFTER YEAR THEY PUT UP
ENORMOUS NUMBERS AND THEY DID
IT IN HUMBLE, MODEST WAY BEING
A GREAT TEAMMATE AND BEING A
GREAT PERSON.
SO IN MANY WAYS STAN HANK
AAARON WAS THE NEXT STAN MUSIAL
AND I REMEMBER TALKING TO HANK
AARON ABOUT THIS.
I SAID WHAT WAS IT LIKE
BREAKING ALL OF HIS RECORDS?
AND HE SAID I FELT GUILTY IN A
SENSE BECAUSE HE WAS MY HERO
BUT HE ENDED UP BREAKING MANY
OF STAN MUSIAL RECORDS BUT THEY
EVER SO CLOSE AND SO THEY'LL
FOREVER BE CONNECTED.
SO I HAVE TO SHARE THIS FAMILY
STORY.
FRANK, I KNOW A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT HANK THE FAMILY MAN MY
GRANDFATHER THERE JOHN QUINN
WAS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE
BOSTON BRAVES AND ACTUALLY
PLUCKED HANK AARON OUT OF THE
INDIANAPOLIS CLOWNS, SIGNED HIM
TO HIS FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL CONTRACT.
THEY WERE HAMMERING OUT THE
DETAILS OF THE SIGNING BONUS
AND HANK SAID I DON'T CARE WHAT
YOU PUT IN THERE, I NEED MONEY
TO BUILD MY MOTHER A VERANDA ON
HER HOUSE.
HE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SIT ON
HER VERANDAH AND WATCH THE
WORLD GO BY AND MY GRANDFATHER
SAID YOU GOT IT.
IN FACT, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO
GIVE YOU A NEW CAR.
SO HERE'S A MAN ALWAYS LOOKING
OUT FOR HIS FAMILY.
I JUST I LOVE THESE STORIES
ABOUT WHAT AN AMAZING PERSON HE
WAS.
WOW.
WAS. WOW.
WAS. WOW. WHAT A GREAT STORY AND WHAT A
GREAT CONNECTION YOUR FAMILY
HAS TO HANK AARON.
AND SPEAKING OF THE MONEY
ANGLE, HANK AARON ALSO TOLD ME
ABOUT HE USED TO KID STAN
MUSIAL WHEN STAN BECAME PRETTY
WEALTHY BECAUSE OF STAY IN THE
MANNING AND HE'D SAY YOU'RE A
MILLIONAIRE AND STAN WOULD
LAUGH AND SAY THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
A MILLIONAIRE.
SO THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
SO MANY GREAT STORIES.
CUSUMANO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE
AMAZING ICON THAT IS HANK
AARON.
WE ARE REALLY GOING TO MISS HIM
AND DON'T FORGET I WANT ALL OUR
VIEWERS TO KNOW FRANK, YOU CAN
WATCH HANK AARON'S INTERVIEW
WITH BOB COSTAS POSSIBLY HIS
LAST BROADCAST INTERVIEW EVER.
YOU CAN SEE THIS IN A SPECIAL
ENCORE PRESENTATION OF