Hank Aaron has passed, but in my heart, he’ll never be gone
Boyhood heroes never really die, do they?
They live forever, even when the boy himself grows old.
Henry “Hank” Aaron will live forever in my heart, the slugger with the sweet swing and the temperament to match.
On Billy Martin’s short, steamy stint in the Bay Area
(Fourth in a series of reviews of sports books)
Old-time baseball fans will recall Martin — a middling infielder during his playing days — as a feisty, controversial manager who was hired and fired five times by owner George Steinbrenner with the New York Yankees.