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Terry Pluto: A painful yet revealing memory of when I encountered Hank Aaron
Updated Jan 31, 2021;
Posted Jan 31, 2021
The Braves Hank Aaron (44) stretches on the field with teammate Davey Johnson (6) at the team s spring training camp in West Palm Beach, Fla, March 16, 1974.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – There was so much I didn’t know.
That’s what I think when looking back in the rearview mirror of my life and seeing the image of Hank Aaron, who died recently at the age of 86.
The year was 1978. I was a rookie baseball writer for the Savannah Morning News, covering the Braves’ Class AA team in that Georgia seacoast town.