HANK AARON BASEBALL BIRTHDAY QUOTE OF THE DAY

A great day in baseball birthday history featuring the February 5th birthday of the one and only Hank Aaron. In his honor, we are not focusing on one quote but we have half a dozen great quotes about this all-time great.

First the numbers---Career lasted from '54-'76, 25 All-Star Apperances, MVP, 3 x Gold Glove, 2 x Batting Champion, 4 x Home Run Leader...Major League Career Records---leader in total bases, RBI's, extra base hits or yeah, also second (ahem, really first) in Home Runs. Voted to the Hall of Fame in 1982 with 97.83 percent of the vote. I'm passing on the obvious comment of the morons who represented that 2.17 percent who didn't vote for him.

On to the quotes:

"Slapping a rattlesnake across the face with the back of your hand is safer than trying to fool Hank Aaron."
--Turk Farrell

"I'd pitch just as I would to any other hitter, but I wouldn't be damn fool enough to get rid of the ball."
--Tug McGraw, on pitching to Aaron with the bases loaded

"He's the last guy I want to see coming up there."
--Sandy Koufax

"It took me 17 years to get 3000 hits. I did it one day on the golf course."
--Hank Aaron

"Magic is the only word used to describe that swing."
--Bobby Thompson

"He got credit but never enough."
--Willie Mays

Lots more Aaron quotes at www.baseballquotations.com