1-25-21 remembering hank aaron

ATLANTA (AP) — If anything, Hank Aaron was underappreciated for much of his unparalleled career. He was exiled far from the media spotlight _ first in Milwaukee, then in Atlanta. So the Hammer went about his business in baffling obscurity compared to the other stars of his era, such as Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle. It was only late in his career, as Aaron set his sights on perhaps the most hallowed record in all of American sports, that much of the country finally seemed to recognize what should have been clear. Aaron was perhaps the greatest to ever play the game.