Henry “Hank” Aaron was a true legend. An iron man on the baseball field, Hammerin’ Hank stood tall in the face of vicious racist abuse as he came closer and closer to breaking Babe Ruth’s home run record.

WBEZ sports contributor Cheryl Raye Stout pays tribute to Aaron, who died Friday at age 86

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