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Posted By: <b>Chad</b><p>Leon, feel free to delete this--I know there's too much Barry Bonds on the board now. A tribute to the guy who held the reord with such dignity seems fitting today, though. (This isn't meant as a dig at Bonds who is the greatest hitter I've seen. My thoughts about Barry are conflicted and I'll let history decide his level of villainy or exoneration.)<br /><br />--Chad

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Posted By: <b>E, Daniel</b><p>Classy and old school, I thought his message to Bonds was very generous and statesman-like.<br /><br />Daniel<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1186581439.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>Paul S</b><p><img src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z26/pspec/Hires_58_Aaron.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Steve f</b><p>Those rootbeer cards are terrific. Were they attached to a 6-pack holder?

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Posted By: <b>Paul S</b><p>Steve -- the tab was on the bottom and just about the same size as the card. It tapered toward the bottom and helped to keep the card in place in the root beer carton.<br /><br />Funny, it wasn't until I just posted this card that I realized that the wood design is actually supposed to be a hole in a fence that someone, (presumeably a kid?) is peeking through. Duh me!

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Posted By: <b>Steve f</b><p>Paul, for knot knowing that... Hand the card over

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Posted By: <b>Jeff Lichtman</b><p>Daniel, is it my computer screen, my eyes or is that a blue background on that 58 Aaron?

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Posted By: <b>Bob</b><p>Jeff- I think it is blue. There are a few color misfits around which have blue backgrounds instead of green.<br />tbob

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Posted By: <b>Paul S</b><p>Steve,<br />It's no use for you to pine over that card, I already have it out for hire.

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Posted By: <b>E, Daniel</b><p>Jeff, definitely blue - missed the yellow ink pass. Easily my favourite card in my collection.<br /><br />Bob, I'd be interested in knowing more about the examples you've seen/heard of....I took this into the National a few years back to every table/every digest in the place and no-one had ever seen a blue 58' Aaron.<br /><br />Thanks in advance.<br /><br /><br />Daniel

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Posted By: <b>Ken W.</b><p>Wish I hadn't fiddled so much with this one as a kid!<br /><br /><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s290/triwak/177.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Andrew</b><p><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/littletreasures/baseball/websize/1968%20AaronHR.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/littletreasures/baseball/websize/1974%20OPC%20Aaron%20PSA%207.jpg"><br><br>"Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame." -- Erica Jong

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Posted By: <b>John S</b><p><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1186587908.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>Paul S</b><p>I can already see that the forthcoming post-war section will be killer!

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Posted By: <b>paulstratton</b><p>The amazing thing is he batted left-handed sometimes. <img src="/images/wink.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br /><img src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z105/pstratt63/57aaron.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>How about some snapshots?<br />[IMG]<img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/Hall%20Of%20Famer%20Photos/aaron1-1.jpg">[/IMG]<br />[IMG]<img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/Hall%20Of%20Famer%20Photos/aaron1.jpg">[/IMG]<br />[IMG]<img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/Hall%20Of%20Famer%20Photos/aaron2.jpg">[/IMG]<br />[IMG]<img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/Hall%20Of%20Famer%20Photos/aaron3.jpg">[/IMG]<br />[IMG]<img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/Hall%20Of%20Famer%20Photos/aaron4.jpg">[/IMG]<br />[IMG]<img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/Hall%20Of%20Famer%20Photos/aaron5.jpg">[/IMG]<br />[IMG]<img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/Hall%20Of%20Famer%20Photos/aaron6.jpg">[/IMG]<br />

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Posted By: <b>ernest reyes</b><p>How about Hammer'n Hank with the Indianapolis Clowns, or at least with Clowns owner/promoter Syd Pollack and the Flying Nesbitts.<br /><br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/ernestreyes/baseballcardsmemorabilia/miscrarities/websize/BB007.JPG"><br><br><a href="http://dodgersblueheaven.blogspot.com/" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://dodgersblueheaven.blogspot.com/</a><br /><a href="http://imageevent.com/ernestreyes" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://imageevent.com/ernestreyes</a><br /><a href="http://mywantlist.blogspot.com/" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://mywantlist.blogspot.com/</a>

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Posted By: <b>Phil Garry</b><p><img src="http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s120/bcbgcbrcb/AaronHank.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Scot</b><p><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1186591291.JPG"> <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1186591328.JPG"> <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1186591358.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>Andrew</b><p>Those were great snapshots. I love photo and video images from the '70s.<br><br>"Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame." -- Erica Jong

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Posted By: <b>Paul S</b><p><img src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z26/pspec/Topps_scratchoff_Aaron.jpg"> <img src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z26/pspec/Topps_embossed_Aaron.jpg"> <img src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z26/pspec/Topps_cardgame_Aaron.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z26/pspec/topps_1958_Mantle_Aaron.jpg"><br />

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Posted By: <b>Chad</b><p>It's occurred to me that a really cool "set" to collect would be all the pitchers Aaron hit a HR off of. Ruth's victims cards might be impossible to collect and Bonds' too easy, but Hank's pitching victims would be just about right.<br /><br />--Chad

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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>Chad, that would be cool and I would bet it would be more difficult than you might imagine...how many September call ups did he hit one off that never got a Topps/Bowman card? First stop would be to find the list of those pitchers.

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Posted By: <b>Chad</b><p>I might look though it and see if it's possible. I don't think it would be too costly, if it's possible. I'm kind of selling myself on this.<br /><br />--Chad

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Posted By: <b>Jeff D.</b><p>My 3 favorites:<br /><br /><br />autographed 1956 Topps <br /><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e109/JeffD27177/Brewers/Milwaukee%20Braves/Hank%20Aaron/alt%20scans/Aaron56AutoSmall.jpg"><br /><br /><br />1954 Johnston Cookies (love this set)<br /><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e109/JeffD27177/Brewers/Milwaukee%20Braves/Johnston%20Cookies/1954JC5.jpg"><br /><br />1954 Topps <br /><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e109/JeffD27177/Brewers/Milwaukee%20Braves/Hank%20Aaron/Aaron54FrontSmall.jpg"><br /><br /><br />Runner up would be this non-vintage:<br /><br /><br />2000 Topps 1955 reprint certified auto<br /><img src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e109/JeffD27177/Brewers/Milwaukee%20Braves/Hank%20Aaron/Aaron55reprintAutoSmall.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>dennis</b><p>1955 bowman one of my favorites!<br /><img src="http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l239/dcc1/aaron55b.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Anthony</b><p>The scarce '55 style '54 Johnston <img src="/images/wink.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/griffins/19531955johnstoncookies/JohnstonCookies006.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>bobw</b><p>A slide in my collection:<br /><br />Hank Aaron being interviewed at Wrigley<br /><img src="http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o186/bobw_photos/img147a.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>When I was 12, in the the summer of '73, my dad took me to a Braves game in Atlanta. My cousin gave up her box seats to us, and she and her fiancee sat in the bleachers. As luck would have it, Hammerin' Hank hit number 700 that night, and my cousin's finacee caught the ball. I still have an old newspaper clipping showing Hank and my cousin's fiancee. In exchange for the ball he got 700 silver dollars and and one of Hank's bats ...<br /><br />Hank's video tribute gave me chills ... I can't imagine a more graceful and classy move ... on Barry's biggest night, Hank somehow managed to upstage him, in my estimation ...<br /><br />My favorite Aaron is the 1958 Root Beer card displayed in this thread. The '55 Johnston's Cookies is a beauty as well. I can't wait for the Post-War board to start up so I can learn more about '50s regionals like these sets ...

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Posted By: <b>Paul S</b><p>1961-62-63. Looks like Post Cereal saved a buck on the photography expenses.<br /><img src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z26/pspec/PostCereal-61-62-63_Aaron.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>JimB</b><p>Sorry for the large size; I tried to reduce it.<br /><br /><img src="http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/4454/1954toppsaaronpsa8kz8.jpg"><br />