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In Plain Sight

I Had A Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story by Hank Aaron

February 3, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

Years ago, I used to watch the painfully obnoxious sports commentary show Around the Horn while waiting for Tony and Mike to duke it out on Pardon the Interruption. ATH has since incorporated much better guests, and host Tony Reali is a prince of a guy, but at the time, it was just a bunch of white guys whining about Barry Bonds and tongue bathing Brett Favre. During yet another Bonds session, one of the guys, I think it was Bill Plaschke, contrasted Bonds with Hank Aaron, the man […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: autobiography, Baseball, Hank Aaron, I Had A Hammer, sports

Jake's CBR13 Review No:17 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: autobiography, Baseball, Hank Aaron, I Had A Hammer, sports ·
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